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Definition of agnosia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agnosia

noun
 
/æɡˈnəʊziə/
 
/æɡˈnəʊʒə/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. the lack of the ability to recognize things and people
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: coined in German from Greek agnōsia ‘ignorance’.
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