anosognosia

From the Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and νόσος (nósos, “disease”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

anosognosia (countable and uncountable, plural anosognosias)

1. The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
2. (pathology) Failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).

• anosodiaphoria

anosognosia f (usually uncountable, plural anosognosias)

1. (neurology) anosognosia (inability to recognise personal defects)

anosognosia f (plural anosognosias)

1. anosognosia

• “anosognosia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014