autotopagnosia

autotopagnosia
Inability to recognize or to orient any part of one's own body; caused by a parietal lobe lesion. Cf.:somatotopagnosis. [auto- + G. topos, place, + G. a- priv. + gnosis]

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au·to·top·ag·no·sia .ȯt-ō-.täp-ig-'nō-zhə n loss of the power to recognize or orient a bodily part due to a brain lesion

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au·to·top·ag·no·sia (aw″to-top″ag-noґzhə) [auto- + topo- + agnosia] agnosia affecting the posture sense, characterized by inability to localize or orient correctly different parts of the body; the cause is usually a lesion in the parietal part of the posterior thalamic radiations. Called also body-image agnosia and somatotopagnosia.

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  • Autotopagnosia — is agnosia that affects the sense of posture. It is characterized by an inability to localize and orient different parts of the body. Autotopagnosia s cause is usually a lesion in the non dominant parietal lobe or damage to the posterior thalamic …   Wikipedia

  • autotopagnosia — Incapacidad para reconocer o para localizar las diversas partes del cuerpo, como consecuencia de una lesión orgánica cerebral. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • autotopagnosia —    Also known as autotopoagnosia and somatotopagnosia. The term autotopagnosia comes from the Greek words autos (self), topos (place), a (not), and gnosis (insight). It translates loosely as not being able to recognize a body part of oneself .… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • body-image agnosia — autotopagnosia …   Medical dictionary

  • Agnosia — For the Spanish film, see Agnosía. Agnosia Classification and external resources ICD 10 R48.1 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

  • agnosia de la imagen corporal — Véase autotopagnosia. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • trastorno del esquema corporal — Véase autotopagnosia. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • somatotopagnosis — The inability to identify any part of the body, either one s own or another s body. Cf.:autotopagnosia. SYN: somatagnosia. [somato + top + G. a priv. + G. gnosis, knowledge] …   Medical dictionary

  • allotopagnosia —    see autotopagnosia …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • heterotopagnosia —    see autotopagnosia …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

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