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Anomia and Agnosia Definitions

Anomia

Aphasia characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things.

Agnosia

Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, usually leading to the inability to identify or recognize objects using one or more senses.

Anomia

(neurology) The inability to remember names.

Agnosia

(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

Anomia

(neurology) The difficulty in finding the right word.
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Agnosia

Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses

Anomia

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

Anomia

Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

Anomia

Type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

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