prosopagnosia
- an inability to recognize faces
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Word Origin for prosopagnosia
C20: from Greek prosōpon face + agnosia
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Word Origin and History for prosopagnosia
1950, Medical Latin from German prosopagnosie (1948), from Greek prosopon "face" (see prosopopeia) + agnosia "ignorance" (see agnostic).
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prosopagnosia
(prŏs′ə-păg-nō′zhə, -zē-ə)- An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.
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