Prosopagnosie

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) +‎ Agnosie (“agnosia”), from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía). Apparently coined by neurologist Joachim Bodamer in 1947 in a paper describing the condition, titled Die Prosop-Agnosie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpʁozopʔaɡnoˈziː/
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Noun

Prosopagnosie f (genitive Prosopagnosie, no plural)

  1. prosopagnosia

Declension

Declension of Prosopagnosie [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Prosopagnosie
genitive einer der Prosopagnosie
dative einer der Prosopagnosie
accusative eine die Prosopagnosie

Further reading

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