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lapsus memoriae (s) (noun) (no plural)
A defect of the memory, sometimes considered to be a symptom of a mental illness: A lapsus memoriae is an involuntary mistake that is made while writing or speaking.

    In literature, a number of different types of lapsus memoriae are named depending on the mode of correspondence:

  1. lapsus linguae: a slip of the tongue.
  2. lapsus calami: a slip of the pen.

    3. With the variation of lapsus clavis: slip of the typewriter.

  3. lapsus manus: slip of the hand, similar to lapsus calami.
This entry is located in the following units: laps-, lab- (page 2) Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group L (page 1) memor-, memen- (page 2) mne-, mnem-, mnemon-, mnes-, -mnesia, -mnesiac, -mnesic, -mnestic (page 2)