somatotopagnosis

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]

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  • 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] * * * au·to·top·ag·no·sia .ȯt ō .täp ig nō zhə n loss of the power to… …   Medical dictionary

  • somatagnosia — SYN: somatotopagnosis. [somat + G. a priv. + gnosis, recognition] …   Medical dictionary

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