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agnosia

/ag-noh-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh/US // ægˈnoʊ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə //UK // (æɡˈnəʊzɪə) //

失语症,失认症,失忆症,认识论

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology.

    • : partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

Examples

  • Patients with agnosia who have damage to object-recognition parts of the visual cortex can’t name an object they see, but can grab it.

  • One category of agnosia is for animate versus inanimate objects.