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prosopagnosia
1. An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces.
It may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.
2. The inability to recognize familiar faces which is not explained by defective visual acuity or reduced consciousness or alertness.Prosopagnosiacs can see a person clearly and can describe the person; for example, hair and eye color, but cannot identify the individual by name.
People with prosopagnosia may identify someone by touch, smell, speech, or the manner in which the person walks. In some rare cases, an affected individual cannot recognize his or her own face.
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“prosopagnosia”
prosopagnosia (proh′"soh pag NOH see uh, proh′"soh pag NOH zee uh)
Failure to recognize visually the faces of familiar people, but with retention of the ability to recognize them through other sensory channels; such as, hearing them when they speak.
The condition is due to bilateral cerebral lesions of the brain involving the visual system.
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