prosopagnosia
See also: prosopagnòsia
English
editAlternative forms
edit- prosopoagnosia (uncommon)
Etymology
editBorrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editprosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)
- (neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
- Synonyms: face blindness, PA
- Coordinate terms: phonagnosia, prosopometamorphopsia
- 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102:
- A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- acquired prosopagnosia
- congenital prosopagnosia
- developmental prosopagnosia
- hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA)
- prosopagnosic
Translations
editdisorder of face perception
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See also
edit- prosopagnosia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- super recogniser
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see German Prosopagnosie).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈprosopɑɡnosiɑ/, [ˈpro̞s̠o̞ˌpɑ̝ɡno̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Hyphenation(key): pro‧so‧pag‧no‧sia
Noun
editprosopagnosia
- (pathology, psychology) face blindness, prosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)
Declension
editInflection of prosopagnosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | |
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten | |
partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | |
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | |
accusative | nom. | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat |
gen. | prosopagnosian | ||
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten prosopagnosiain rare | |
partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | |
inessive | prosopagnosiassa | prosopagnosioissa | |
elative | prosopagnosiasta | prosopagnosioista | |
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | |
adessive | prosopagnosialla | prosopagnosioilla | |
ablative | prosopagnosialta | prosopagnosioilta | |
allative | prosopagnosialle | prosopagnosioille | |
essive | prosopagnosiana | prosopagnosioina | |
translative | prosopagnosiaksi | prosopagnosioiksi | |
abessive | prosopagnosiatta | prosopagnosioitta | |
instructive | — | prosopagnosioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms prefixed with prosop-
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Neurology
- en:Pathology
- en:Psychology
- English terms with quotations
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish 6-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/6 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Pathology
- fi:Psychology
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals