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agnosia

agnosia

English

Noun

agnosia ‎(plural agnosias)

The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

Derived terms

prosopagnosia

Translations

inability to recognize objects

Catalan: agnòsia (ca) f
Finnish: agnosia (fi)
Hebrew: אגנוזיה f ‎(agnózya)

Portuguese: agnosia (pt) f
Swedish: agnosi c
Turkish: tanısızlık (tr)

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία ‎(agnōsía, “ignorance”).

Noun

agnosia f ‎(plural agnosie)

agnosia

Portuguese

Noun

agnosia f (uncountable)

(medicine) agnosia (the inability to recognise objects)