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atopognosis
1. The inability to discern the origin of a sensation.
2. Absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch.
3. Sensory inattention; inability to locate a sensation properly.
2. Absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch.
3. Sensory inattention; inability to locate a sensation properly.
Usually caused by a contralateral parietal lobe lesion.
This entry is located in the following units:
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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A condition in which a person is incapable of knowing where he or she is being touched: Dr. Gibson asked Diana to close her eyes and tell him where he touched her, but she couldn't sense that he touched her on the top of her hands, her neck, or on her shoulder; which convinced him that she had a medical condition known as atopognosis.
This entry is located in the following units:
a-, an-
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-osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se
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topo-, top-, -topia, -topy, -topism, -topic
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