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hemispatial neglect

hemispatial neglect noun: an inability to pay attention to sensory stimuli to one side of the body's awareness zone, as a result of damage to the parietal lobe on the right or left side of the brain, often as a result of a stroke.

Noun

hemispatial neglect (uncountable)

  1. an inability to pay attention to sensory stimuli to one side of the body's awareness zone, as a result of damage to the parietal lobe on the right or left side of the brain, often as a result of a stroke.

Questions about hemispatial neglect

What does hemispatial neglect mean?
Hemispatial neglect means an inability to pay attention to sensory stimuli to one side of the body's awareness zone, as a result of damage to the parietal lobe on the right or left side of the brain, often as a result of a stroke.
What part of speech is hemispatial neglect?
Hemispatial neglect is a noun.

Words near hemispatial neglect in the dictionary

  1. hemispaces
  2. hemispasm
  3. hemispasms
  4. hemispastic
  5. hemispatial
  6. hemispatial neglect
  7. hemispermatophore
  8. hemispermatophores
  9. hemispheral
  10. hemisphere
  11. hemispherectomies

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