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prosopagnosia

Noun CEFR C1
ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə

Definitions

A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolprosopagnosia
Françaisprosopagnosie
DeutschProsopagnosie
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Examples

“A normal person can name⟳ someone from facial features alone, even if the features have⟳ changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make⟳ this association, but have⟳ few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

prosopagnosic prosopalgia prosopamnesia prosophylline prosoplasia prosoplectenchyma

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