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Where does “agnosia” come from?

Agnosia derives from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία, from ἀγνώς with the prefix ἀ- meaning "not," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not" and sem- meaning "one" or "together."

agnosia (English): The inability to recognize objects by use of the...

Definitions

  1. The inability to recognize objects by use of the...

Ancestry of “agnosia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ—

Words derived from “agnosia”

  • agnosic
  • autotopagnosia
  • hemiagnosia
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