tactile agnosia
- noun
- /ˈtæktaɪl æɡˈnoʊziə/
- Specialized
- After her stroke, she developed tactile agnosia and struggled to recognize keys or coins by touch alone.
Examples
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Patients with tactile agnosia cannot identify objects placed in their hands despite having intact sensation.
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The patient's tactile agnosia makes it difficult for her to dress independently.
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Diagnosis of tactile agnosia often involves neurological assessment and sensory testing.
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She suffers from tactile agnosia and cannot identify objects by touch.
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After her stroke, she developed tactile agnosia and struggled to recognize everyday objects by touch.
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Patients diagnosed with tactile agnosia may fail to identify familiar items placed in their hands.
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Her tactile agnosia prevents her from recognizing the texture of fabrics when shopping for clothes.
Synonyms
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Unable to recognize familiar people or things even though your senses work
Not being able to tell what an object is by touch when the hand feels normal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'loss of the ability to recognize objects by touch' is directly and transparently derived from 'tactile' (related to touch) modifying 'agnosia' (inability to recognize). This adjective+noun composition follows regular morphological patterns and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a learner who knows both constituents would infer the combined meaning.
Etymology
Tactile agnosia comes from two parts: tactile meaning 'touch' and agnosia meaning 'not knowing'. Imagine a person who can feel a key or coin in their hand but the brain cannot 'recognize' it, so the term means 'loss of recognition by touch'.