"agnosia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æɡˈnoʊ.ʒə/ Audio: en-us-agnosia.ogg Forms: agnosias [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía, “ignorance”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{der|en|grc|ἀγνωσία||ignorance}} Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía, “ignorance”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} agnosia (countable and uncountable, plural agnosias)
  1. (neurology) The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: agnosy Translations (inability to recognise objects): agnòsia [feminine] (Catalan), agnozio (Esperanto), agnosia (Finnish), Agnosie [feminine] (German), אגנוזיה (agnózya) [feminine] (Hebrew), agnosia (Indonesian), agnozja [feminine] (Polish), agnosia [feminine] (Portuguese), agnozie [feminine] (Romanian), agnosi [common-gender] (Swedish), tanısızlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-agnosia-en-noun-4Xy0ubMk Categories (other): Neurology Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences Disambiguation of 'inability to recognise objects': 89 11
  2. (especially theology) Ignorance. Tags: countable, especially, uncountable Synonyms: agnosy
    Sense id: en-agnosia-en-noun-wZglibrf Categories (other): Theology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with alpha privatives, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with alpha privatives: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 85 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agnosic, apperceptive agnosia, autotopagnosia, hemiagnosia, phonagnosia, prosopagnosia, simultagnosia, simultanagnosia, time agnosia Related terms: agnostic, agnosticism, agnosy

Inflected forms

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