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anosognosia
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anosognosia /ano·sog·no·sia/ (an-o″so-no´zhah) unawareness or denial of a neurological deficit, such as hemiplegia.anosogno´sic
a·no·sog·no·si·a (-nsg-nz-, -zh)
n.
Real or feigned ignorance of the presence of disease, especially of paralysis.

a·nosog·nosic (-nzk) adj.

anosognosia
[an′əsog·nō′zhə]
Etymology: Gk, a + nosos, not disease, gnosis, knowing
a lack of awareness or a denial of a neurologic defect or illness in general, especially paralysis, on one side of the body. It may be attributable to a lesion in the right parietal lobe.


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