letho-, leth- +
(Greek > Latin: lie hidden, secret; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; also sleepy, drowsy, dull, sluggish)
lethomania
A morbid longing for narcotic drugs; an addiction to drugs.
lethonomia
1. A tendency to forget names.
2. The inability to recall the right name.
An expression of nominal aphasia (any disturbance in the comprehension or expression of language due to brain lesion).
lethophobia
An abnormal anxiety of forgetting.
Related "sleep" units:
dorm-;
hypno-;
narco-;
oneiro- (dream);
somni-;
sopor-.
Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families:
aletho-;
oblivio-.
Related "memory, remember" word families:
memor-;
mne-.
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