hemineglect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, the patient exhibits a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space.

Word forms

hemineglect

Etymology

From hemi- + neglect.

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