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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
[ə·myo̅o̅′zē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, amousia, want of harmony
an inability to recognize the significance of sounds, manifested as loss of the ability to recognize or produce music.

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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