engram

Etymology
Borrowed from which was coined by German evolutionary biologist  in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 (see quotation below). Ultimately from +.

Noun

 * 1) A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
 * 2)  A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.
 * 1)  A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.

Translations

 * Finnish: muistijälki
 * German: Engramm
 * Greek:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: minnesspår


 * Finnish: engrammi