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prosopagnosia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/ (UK)
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• /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/ (US)
• /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/ (UK)
• /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/ (UK)

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 ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.

Meanings

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. 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102:

Forms

Coordinates

phonagnosia · prosopometamorphopsia

Deriveds

prosopagnosic · developmental prosopagnosia · acquired prosopagnosia · congenital prosopagnosia · hereditary prosopagnosia

Relateds

super recogniser

Synonyms

face blindness · PA

Translations (30)

nl prosopagnosie (disorder of face perception) · he פרוסופגנוזיה (disorder of face perception) · sk prosopagnózia (disorder of face perception) · de Prosopagnosie (disorder of face perception) · hu arcvakság (disorder of face perception) · fi kasvosokeus (disorder of face perception) · el προσωπαγνωσία (disorder of face perception) · ja 相貌失認症 (disorder of face perception) · ru прозопагнозия (disorder of face perception) · lb Prosopagnosie (disorder of face perception) · tr prosopagnozi (disorder of face perception) · hu prozopagnózia (disorder of face perception) · th ภาวะไม่รู้ใบหน้า (disorder of face perception) · no prosopagnosi (disorder of face perception) · az prozopaqnoziya (disorder of face perception) · uk прозопагнозія (disorder of face perception) · cs prosopagnosie (disorder of face perception) · pl prozopagnozja (disorder of face perception) · is andlitsókenni (disorder of face perception) · fr prosopagnosie (disorder of face perception) · sv prosopagnosi (disorder of face perception) · it prosopoagnosia (disorder of face perception) · cmn 臉盲症 /脸盲症 (disorder of face perception) · ml മുഖാന്ധത (disorder of face perception) · sl prozopagnozija (disorder of face perception) · mk просопагнозија (disorder of face perception) · es prosopagnosia (disorder of face perception) · ca prosopagnòsia (disorder of face perception) · bg прозопагнозия (disorder of face perception) · pt prosopagnosia (disorder of face perception)