Loss of long-term memory caused by disease or trauma is called:

1. Memory can fail for medical as well as ordinary reasons. 2. Amnesia is the loss of long-term memory. 3. It occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma. 4. Aphasia, apraxia and agnosia name losses of language, skilled movement and recognition instead. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 'Memory', sections 8.1-8.4_