amnestic apraxia

apraxia /aprax·ia/ (ah-prak´se-ah) loss of ability to carry out familiar purposeful movements in the absence of motor or sensory impairment, especially inability to use objects correctly.

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amnestic apraxia  loss of ability to carry out a movement on command due to inability to remember the command.

Bruns' apraxia of gait  Bruns' frontal ataxia.

Cogan's oculomotor apraxia , congenital oculomotor apraxia an absence or defect of horizontal eye movements so that the head must turn and the eyes exhibit nystagmus in attempts to see an object off to one side.

ideational apraxia  sensory a.

innervatory apraxia , motor apraxia impairment of skilled movements not explained by weakness of the affected parts, the patient appearing clumsy rather than weak.

sensory apraxia  loss of ability to use an object due to lack of perception of its purpose.

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amnestic apraxia

[amnes′tik]

the inability to carry out a movement in response to a request because of a lack of ability to remember the request. See also apraxia.