- topagnosis
- Inability to localize tactile sensations. SYN: topoanesthesia. [top- + G. a- priv. + gnosis, recognition]
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n.inability to identify a part of the body that has been touched. It is a symptom of disease in the parietal lobes of the brain. The normal ability to localize touch is called topognosis.* * *
top·ag·no·sis (top″ag-noґsis) atopognosia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.