Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosognosia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nosog-nosia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability of a person to recognize his or her own medical disorder.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

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Derived Forms

hypernosognosia nosognosic

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Questions

What does nosognosia mean?
The ability of a person to recognize his or her own medical disorder.
Where does nosognosia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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