eidetic

adjective /aɪˈdɛtɪk/

1. Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.

   ‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help

2. Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

Where it comes from

From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry eidetic (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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