eidetic memory

Main Entry:  eidetic memory
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the ability to recall images with vividness bordering on actual visual perception; total recall; also called photographic memory
Example:  Eidetic memory, to use the clinical term, is the ability to recollect an image so vividly that it appears to be real.
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