Abarognosis

Abarognosis () is type of cortical sensory defect[2] consisting of a loss of barognosis, the ability to detect the weight of an object held in the hand or to tell the difference in weight between two objects,[3] or more succinctly "Loss of the ability to sense weight".[4] This deficit may be caused by damage to the parietal lobe.[5]

Abarognosis
Other namesBaragnosis, baroagnosis[1]

The term is from Greek "a" not, "baros" weight, "gnosis" knowledge.

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Notes

  1. Dorland 2011, baragnosis
  2. Black 1995, pg. 14
  3. abarognosis, Drugs.com, retrieved 2013-03-21
  4. "abarognosis", The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin, retrieved 2013-03-21
  5. Campbell 2012, pg. 554

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