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agnosia

n. loss or impairment of the ability to recognize or appreciate the nature of sensory stimuli due to brain damage or disorder. Recognition impairment is profound and specific to a particular sensory modality. Auditory agnosia, tactile agnosia, and visual agnosia are the most common types, and each has a variety of subtypes.

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