anosognosia
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and νόσος (nósos, “disease”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Noun edit
anosognosia (countable and uncountable, plural anosognosias)
- The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
- (pathology) Failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
inability of a person to recognize personal defects
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Portuguese edit
Noun edit
anosognosia f (usually uncountable, plural anosognosias)
- (neurology) anosognosia (inability to recognise personal defects)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
anosognosia f (plural anosognosias)
Further reading edit
- “anosognosia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014