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anosognosia

anosognosia

English

Noun

anosognosia (countable and uncountable, plural anosognosias)

  1. The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
  2. (pathology) Failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).

Translations


Portuguese

Noun

anosognosia f (usually uncountable, plural anosognosias)

  1. (neurology) anosognosia (inability to recognise personal defects)

Spanish

Noun

anosognosia f (plural anosognosias)

  1. anosognosia