fugue (n.)

  1. dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

    [ Syn: psychogenic fugue ]

  2. a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days

  3. a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

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