prosopagnosia

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Scrabble points
18
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22
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/ (UK)
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/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/ (UK) · /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/ (UK) · /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/ (UK) · /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/ (US)

Definition of prosopagnosia

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
    “A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γνώς (ăgnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European…

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γνώς (ăgnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ (agnōsĭ́ā)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.

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