anosognosia
Meanings
noun
- The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
- A failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to a brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).
Word forms
Etymology
From a- (“not”) + noso- (“disease”) + -gnosia (“knowledge”), from Ancient Greek ἁ- (ha-) + νόσος (nósos) + γνῶσις (gnôsis).
Derived words
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