Agnosia Definition

ăg-nōzhə
noun
Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, such as sounds or images.
American Heritage
Impairment of the ability to recognize familiar objects, sounds, etc., often as the result of a brain lesion.
Webster's New World
Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, usually leading to the inability to identify or recognize objects using one or more senses.
American Heritage Medicine

The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

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Other Word Forms of Agnosia

Noun

Singular:
agnosia
Plural:
agnosias

Origin of Agnosia

  • Greek agnōsiā ignorance a- without a–1 gnōsis knowledge (from gignōskein to know gnō- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsia, “ignorance”).

    From Wiktionary

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