Astereognosis

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(ah-ste-re-og-no'-sis) [a, priv.; oxzpeoc, solid; yvcbacc, knowledge]. Inability to recognize objects by the sense of touch, due to lesion in the central parietal lobule.

Syn., Stereoagnosis. Cf., Aphasia, Tactile.

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