anosognosia
anosognosia · anosognosias
анозогнозия
Anosognosie
The inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicapThe inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap.
Anosognosie
анозогнози́яanozognozíja
(countable, uncountable)A failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to a brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
inability of a person to recognize personal defects:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inability of a person to recognize personal defects:
Origin
From a- (“not”) + noso- (“disease”) + -gnosia (“knowledge”), from Ancient Greek ἁ- (ha-) +From a- (“not”) + noso- (“disease”) + -gnosia (“knowledge”), from Ancient Greek ἁ- (ha-) + νόσος (nósos) + γνῶσις (gnôsis).
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Forms
plural: anosognosias| Singular | anosognosia |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedanosognosic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable