Prosopagnosie

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) +‎ Agnosie (“agnosia”), from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía). Apparently coined by neurologist Joachim Bodamer in 1947 in a paper describing the condition, titled Die Prosop-Agnosie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpʁozopʔaɡnoˈziː/

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Noun

Prosopagnosie f (genitive Prosopagnosie, no plural)

1. prosopagnosia

Declension

Declension of Prosopagnosie [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prosopagnosie
genitive	einer	der	Prosopagnosie
dative	einer	der	Prosopagnosie
accusative	eine	die	Prosopagnosie

Further reading

• Prosopagnosie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de