Agnosia
Definition
A neurological disorder characterized by an inability to recognize or interpret sensory impressions, such as objects, persons, sounds, or shapes, despite intact primary sensory organs and general intellectual functioning; it typically results from structural damage to the associative cerebral cortex.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Agnosia
- Visual or sensory agnosia
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular plural shifts and standard genitive case variations. |
| Formation | Derived from modern French 'agnosie', constructed from Ancient Greek 'a-' (without) and 'gnosis' (knowledge). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [aɡ.no.ˈzi.e] |
| Source | Lexicon of Clinical Neurology, Brain Pathology, and Cognitive Sciences |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Pacientul diagnosticat cu agnozie vizuală putea descrie cu precizie formele geometrice, dar nu putea numi obiectele uzuale din cameră.
EN: The patient diagnosed with visual agnosia could precisely describe geometric shapes but could not name common objects in the room.
RO: Examenul neurologic a arătat că această agnozie tactilă a fost provocată de un accident vascular în lobul parietal.
EN: The neurological examination showed that this tactile agnosia was caused by a vascular accident in the parietal lobe.
RO: Medicul specialist evaluează gradul de agnozie auditivă prin teste specifice de diferențiere a sunetelor ambientale.
EN: The specialist physician evaluates the degree of auditory agnosia through specific tests for differentiating environmental sounds.
Idioms & Phrases
Agnozie vizuală / Visual agnosia
RO: Incapacitatea de a recunoaște obiectele sau fețele oamenilor prin intermediul vederii, deși funcția oculară este perfect intactă.
EN: The inability to recognize objects or people's faces through sight, even though ocular function is perfectly intact.
Agnozie tactilă / Tactile agnosia / astereognosis
RO: Deficit cognitiv care împiedică un individ să identifice un obiect doar prin atingere și palpare, fără ajutorul privirii.
EN: A cognitive deficit that prevents an individual from identifying an object solely through touch and palpation, without visual help.
Agnozie digitală / Digital agnosia
RO: Simptom neuropsihologic rar în care pacientul își pierde abilitatea de a recunoaște, numi sau distinge degetele proprii ori ale altcuiva.
EN: A rare neuropsychological symptom where the patient loses the ability to recognize, name, or distinguish their own or someone else's fingers.
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