AGNOSIA


Meaning of AGNOSIA in English

[ əg'nəʊsɪə ]

■ noun Medicine inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.

Origin

early 20th cent.: coined in Ger. from Gk agnōsia 'ignorance'.

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