topognosis

9.9

Ability to tell where on your skin someone touched you

noun
/ˌtɒpəɡˈnoʊsɪs/

Specialized

: topognosis

Doctors tested the patient's topognosis by asking her to identify spots touched on her arm and hand.

Examples

Damage to the parietal lobe can impair topognosis, making it difficult to localize touch on the skin.
In neurological exams, assessing topognosis helps reveal sensory pathway integrity.
The patient demonstrated good topognosis during the examination.
Can you assess your topognosis after the treatment?
Doctors tested the patient's topognosis by asking her to identify spots touched on her arm and hand.
Damage to the parietal lobe can impair topognosis, making it difficult to localize touch on the skin.
In neurological exams, assessing topognosis helps reveal sensory pathway integrity.

Synonyms

topognosia

vstopognosis

Specialized

9.9

The feeling that tells you where your skin is touched

is the same in meaning but exists as an alternate form

Surface Forms

topognosis singular

topognoses plural

Morphology

topognosis = gnosis (opaque) = topo + gnosis

Formed from Greek combining forms 'topo-' (place) + 'gnosis' (knowledge), which are technical linguistic elements not recognizable to typical B1 learners.

Etymology

Topognosis comes from Greek parts topo- 'place' and -gnosis 'to know'. Think of topography, which is about places, for topo- and diagnosis, which is about finding out, for -gnosis. So topognosis literally means 'knowing the place', which explains why doctors use it for identifying where on the skin a touch was felt.