astereognosisn.
/əˌstɛriːəʊɡˈnəʊsɪs//əˌstɪəriːəʊɡˈnəʊsɪs/ Medicine.
Inability to recognize the shapes and special relationships of objects, esp. as a symptom of disorder of the central nervous system. Also astereogˈnosia.
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rivalry1844
psychic blindness1886
agnosia1897
anhedonia1897
astereognosis1900
simultanagnosia1936
prosopagnosia1950
1900 in W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. 82/2.
1912 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 5 (Neurol.) 150 (title) Case of Asteriognosis, probably due to a Lesion of the Posterior Columns in the Cervical Region.
1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 31 334 This case of astereognosia,..offers no support whatever to the assumption of a psycho-physical process conveying more than mere sensory qualities.
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