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prosopagnosia

UK/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə//ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/

prosopagnosia noun: a form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.

Noun

prosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)

  1. A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
    • A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102
    Synonyms:
    face blindness, PA

prosopagnosia meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Thai

prosopagnosia in Tamil

முகங்களை அடையாளம் காண இயலாமை, குருட்டுத்தன்மையை எதிர்கொள்ளுதல், அவரது புரோசோபக்னோசியா காரணமாக, அவள் ஒரு வகையான புரோசோபக்னோசியா

prosopagnosia in Malayalam

disorder of face perception
മുഖാന്ധത mukhāndhata

prosopagnosia in Thai

disorder of face perception
ภาวะไม่รู้ใบหน้า paa-wá mâi róo bai nâa

Synonyms of prosopagnosia

Forms of prosopagnosia

pluralprosopagnosias
alternative formprosopoagnosia

Origin of prosopagnosia

Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.

Words formed from prosopagnosia

  • acquired prosopagnosia
  • congenital prosopagnosia
  • developmental prosopagnosia
  • hereditary prosopagnosia
  • prosopagnosic

Questions about prosopagnosia

What does prosopagnosia mean?
Prosopagnosia means a form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
What is prosopagnosia in Tamil?
Prosopagnosia in Tamil is முகங்களை அடையாளம் காண இயலாமை, குருட்டுத்தன்மையை எதிர்கொள்ளுதல், அவரது புரோசோபக்னோசியா காரணமாக. See Prosopagnosia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prosopagnosia?
Prosopagnosia is a noun.
How do you pronounce prosopagnosia?
Prosopagnosia is pronounced /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of prosopagnosia?
The plural of prosopagnosia is prosopagnosias.

Words near prosopagnosia in the dictionary

  1. prosomite
  2. prosomites
  3. prosonomasia
  4. prosop-
  5. prosopa
  6. prosopagnosia
  7. prosopagnosias
  8. prosopagnosic
  9. prosopagnosics
  10. prosopalgia
  11. prosopalgias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prosopagnosia (page history and authors); prosopagnosia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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