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amusia

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amusia /amu·sia/ (ah-mu´ze-ah) a form of auditory agnosia in which the patient has lost the ability to recognize or produce music.
a·mu·si·a (-myz-, -zh)
n.
Loss or impairment of the ability to produce or comprehend music or musical tones.
amusia Neurology Inability to recognize or produce music. See Tone-deafness.


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This result indicates that it's pitch, not timing, that lies at the heart of severe musical ineptitude, sometimes referred to as amusia.
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