prosopagnosia

prosopagnosia
prosopagnosia 1950, Medical Latin from Ger. prosopagnosie (1948), from Gk. prosopon “face” (see PROSOPOPEIA (Cf. prosopopeia)) + agnosia “ignorance” (see AGNOSTIC (Cf. agnostic)).

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  • prosopagnosia — /pros ō pag nōˈsi ə or ˈzi ə/ (psychiatry) noun The inability to recognize faces of persons well known to the sufferer ORIGIN: LL prosopagnosia, from Gr prosōpon face, a without, and gnōsis knowledge …   Useful english dictionary

  • prosopagnosia — [prō΄sō pag nō′sē ə, prō΄sō pag nō′zē ə] n. a type of agnosia in which a person cannot recognize familiar faces * * * …   Universalium

  • prosopagnosia — s. f. [Medicina] Perda ou perturbação da capacidade de reconhecer rostos.   ‣ Etimologia: prosopo + agnosia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • prosopagnosia — [prō΄sō pag nō′sē ə, prō΄sō pag nō′zē ə] n. a type of agnosia in which a person cannot recognize familiar faces …   English World dictionary

  • Prosopagnosia — Infobox Disease Name = Prosopagnosia Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D020238 Prosopagnosia (sometimes known as face blindness) is a disorder of face perception where the… …   Wikipedia

  • prosopagnosia — Eng. Prosopagnosia Dificultad para reconocer las caras que son familiares, característico de las lesiones temporooccipitales derechas …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • prosopagnosia — noun A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low level visual processing. Also known as PA. Syn: face blindness …   Wiktionary

  • prosopagnosia — Difficulty in recognizing familiar faces. [prosop + G. a priv. + gnosis, recognition] * * * pros·op·ag·no·sia .präs əp ag nō zhə n a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces * * * proso·pag·no·sia (pros″o pag… …   Medical dictionary

  • prosopagnosia — pro·so·pa·gno·sì·a s.f. var. → prosopoagnosia …   Dizionario italiano

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