|
|
Definition of Astereognosis
1. Noun. A loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them.
Medical Definition of Astereognosis
1. Synonym: tactile agnosia. Origin: G. A-priv. + stereos, solid + gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astereognosis
Literary usage of Astereognosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports by Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia (Pa.) Dept. of Public Health and Charities. Bureau of Charitis, Australian Universities Commission Committee on Teaching Cost of Medical Hospitals (1901)
"NOTE ON THE RELATION OF THE "SPACING SENSE" TO astereognosis. BY FX DERCUM, MD
As was long ago demonstrated, by Hoffman, a large number of factors enter ..."
2. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Arthur Albert Stevens (1915)
"astereognosis.—This is an inability to recognize objects by handling them.
It usually indicates a lesion of the superior parietal convolution. ..."
3. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1904)
"FUNCTIONAL astereognosis. By GEORGE E. RENNIE, MD, MRCPLond., ... A condition of
astereognosis has also been proved to exist in cases reported by Williamson ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"The loss of muscular sense and the astereognosis are therefore open to the same
... It was not determined whether there were astereognosis and loss of ..."
Other Resources:
