prosopagnosian.

Brit.

/ˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊzɪə/,

/ˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊsɪə/, U.S.

/ˈˌprɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek πρόσωπoν , agnosia n.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσωπoν face, person (see prosopon n.) + agnosia n., after German Prosopagnosie (J. Bodamer 1948, in Archiv f. Psychiatrie 179 6).

Medicine.

A neurological abnormality characterized by the inability to recognize faces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > impairment of perception

rivalry1844

psychic blindness1886

agnosia1897

anhedonia1897

astereognosis1900

simultanagnosia1936

prosopagnosia1950

1950 Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 44 125/2 Agnosia in recognition of physiognomy (prosopagnosia).

1953 Brain 76 542 There is still to be considered the seeming contradiction between the patient's severe prosop-agnosia and his better achievements in the perception of Snellen's types, in time reading and counting of fingers.

1976 Lancet 30 Oct. 967/1 She can read n6 slowly and complains of inability to recognise faces (prosopagnosia): people are recognised by their voices.

1995 New Scientist 1 July 39/1 A brain-damaged patient suffering from prosopagnosia cannot recognise familiar faces although her vision is otherwise intact.

Derivatives

ˌprosopaˈgnosic n. and adj. (a) adj.of, relating to, or affected by prosopagnosia; (b) n.a person affected by prosopagnosia.

ΚΠ

1964 Neuropsychologia 2 245 The combination of perceptual disability plus intellectual loss is sufficient to explain the prosopagnosic deficit.

1984 Neuropsychologica 22 457 A prosopagnosic was shown two sets of faces, one comprised of famous personalities, the other of family members.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Oct. 46/3 Other prosopagnosics turned out to have similar problems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosopagnosia
释义	prosopagnosian. Brit. /ˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊzɪə/, /ˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊsɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌprɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek πρόσωπoν , agnosia n. Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσωπoν face, person (see prosopon n.) + agnosia n., after German Prosopagnosie (J. Bodamer 1948, in Archiv f. Psychiatrie 179 6). Medicine. A neurological abnormality characterized by the inability to recognize faces. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > impairment of perception rivalry1844 psychic blindness1886 agnosia1897 anhedonia1897 astereognosis1900 simultanagnosia1936 prosopagnosia1950 1950 Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 44 125/2 Agnosia in recognition of physiognomy (prosopagnosia). 1953 Brain 76 542 There is still to be considered the seeming contradiction between the patient's severe prosop-agnosia and his better achievements in the perception of Snellen's types, in time reading and counting of fingers. 1976 Lancet 30 Oct. 967/1 She can read n6 slowly and complains of inability to recognise faces (prosopagnosia): people are recognised by their voices. 1995 New Scientist 1 July 39/1 A brain-damaged patient suffering from prosopagnosia cannot recognise familiar faces although her vision is otherwise intact. Derivatives ˌprosopaˈgnosic n. and adj. (a) adj.of, relating to, or affected by prosopagnosia; (b) n.a person affected by prosopagnosia. ΚΠ 1964 Neuropsychologia 2 245 The combination of perceptual disability plus intellectual loss is sufficient to explain the prosopagnosic deficit. 1984 Neuropsychologica 22 457 A prosopagnosic was shown two sets of faces, one comprised of famous personalities, the other of family members. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Oct. 46/3 Other prosopagnosics turned out to have similar problems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950
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