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anosognosia

anosognosia noun: the inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap.

Noun

anosognosia (countable and uncountable, plural anosognosias)

  1. The inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap.
  2. A failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to a brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).

anosognosia meaning in Indonesian

anosognosia in Indonesian

inability of a person to recognize personal defects
anosognosia

Forms of anosognosia

pluralanosognosias

Origin of anosognosia

From a- (“not”) + noso- (“disease”) + -gnosia (“knowledge”), from Ancient Greek ἁ- (ha-) + νόσος (nósos) + γνῶσις (gnôsis).

Words formed from anosognosia

Questions about anosognosia

What does anosognosia mean?
Anosognosia means the inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap.
What is anosognosia in Indonesian?
Anosognosia in Indonesian is anosognosia. See Anosognosia meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is anosognosia?
Anosognosia is a noun.
What is the plural of anosognosia?
The plural of anosognosia is anosognosias.

Words near anosognosia in the dictionary

  1. anosmias
  2. anosmic
  3. anosmics
  4. anosodiaphoria
  5. anosodiaphoric
  6. anosognosia
  7. anosognosias
  8. anosognosic
  9. Anosov
  10. anospinal
  11. anosteocytic

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