noun
- a neurological condition in which a person cannot recognize or identify objects, people, sounds, shapes, or smells despite having normal senses
Usage: medical; neurological
Examples
- The stroke patient developed visual agnosia and could no longer recognize familiar faces.
- Auditory agnosia made it impossible for her to identify common sounds like a telephone ringing.
- After the brain injury, he suffered from tactile agnosia and couldn’t identify objects by touch.
- The neurologist diagnosed the patient with prosopagnosia, a type of agnosia affecting face recognition.
- Agnosia can result from damage to specific areas of the brain’s cortex.
- Despite having perfect vision, the agnosia prevented him from recognizing his own reflection.