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pro·so·pag·no·sia (prō′sō pag nōsē ə, -zē ə)

noun

a type of agnosia in which a person cannot recognize familiar faces

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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