prosopagnosia

prosopagnosia definition - medical

pros·o·pag·no·sia (prŏsˌə-păg-nōˈzhə, -zē-ə)

noun
An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.

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