Anosognosia (ə, ə; from Ancient Greek ἀ- a-, `without`, νόσος nosos, `disease` and γνῶσις gnōsis, `knowledge`) is viewed as a deficit of self-awareness, a condition in which a person who suffers certain disability seems unaware of the existence of his or her disability. It was first named by the neurologist Joseph Babinski i...
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A syndrome in which a person with a paralysed limb claims it is still functioning. One of Professor Ramachandran's patients, who had suffered a stroke which had paralysed the left side of her body, refused to accept that her arm couldn't move. Even though lucid in every other aspect (including awareness of the fact that she had suffered a stroke) s...
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Ignorance of the presence of disease, specifically of paralysis. Most often seen in patients with non-dominant parietal lobe lesions, who deny their hemiparesis. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + nosos, disease, + gnosis, knowledge ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(an-o″sog-no´zhә) unawareness or denial of a neurological deficit, such as hemiplegia.
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lack of awareness of a disease
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-nō′sog-nō′sē-ă Definitions: 1. Ignorance of the presence of disease, specifically of paralysis. Most often seen in patients with nondominant parietal lobe lesions, who deny presence of hemiparesis.
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anosognosia, anosognosic 1. The apparent unawareness of or failure to recognize one's own functional defect (e.g., hemiplegia, hemianopsia). 2. The lack of interest or belief in the existence of one's disease. 3. Real or feigned ignorance of the presence of disease, especially of paralysis. 4. The inability of a patient to recognize that he/she ...
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anosognosia 1. The apparent unawareness of or failure to recognize one's own functional defect (e.g., hemiplegia, hemianopsia). 2. The lack of interest or belief in the existence of one's disease. 3. Real or feigned ignorance of the presence of disease, especially of paralysis.
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