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astereognosis
1. The inability to determine the form of an object by touch.
2. Loss of the ability to recognize the shapes of objects by handling them; tactile agnosia.
3. The inability to recognize familiar objects by touch that cannot be explained by a defect of elementary tactile sensation.
2. Loss of the ability to recognize the shapes of objects by handling them; tactile agnosia.
3. The inability to recognize familiar objects by touch that cannot be explained by a defect of elementary tactile sensation.
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gno-, gnos-, gnoto-, -gnostic, -gnosia, -gnomic, -gnomonic, -gnomical, -gnomy, -gnosia, -gnostic, -gnosis +
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-osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se
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Loss or lack of the ability to understand the form and nature of objects that are touched (stereognosis), a form of tactile agnosia: "Tactile amnesia is the loss of the ability to determine the shape of objects through the sense of touching."
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a-, an-
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mne-, mnem-, mnemon-, mnes-, -mnesia, -mnesiac, -mnesic, -mnestic +
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-osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se
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