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prosopagnosia /proso·pag·no·sia/ (-pag-no´se-ah) inability to recognize faces due to damage to the underside of both occipital lobes.

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An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.

prosopagnosia [pros″o-pag-no´se-ah]

inability to recognize the faces of other people or one's own features in a mirror, due to damage to the underside of both occipital lobes.

prosopagnosia

Inability to recognize faces. It may be due to a lesion in one area of the inferotemporal (IT) cortex. See agnosia.

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Neurology Inability to recognize familiar faces unexplained by defective visual acuity or ↓ consciousness or alertness

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prosopagnosia (redirected from Face blindness)

prosopagnosia
(redirected from Face blindness)