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Definition of Atopognosis
1. Noun. Absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch.
Generic synonyms: Nervous Disorder, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atopognosis
Literary usage of Atopognosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1909)
"Permanent absence of spasmodic movements. Partial recovery of voluntary movement
of left upper limb. Proximal atopognosis of left postaxial fingers. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Definite atopognosis proximal, in right hand. B. Twenty-four days after operation.
... Marked atopognosis in the left hand (dorsum of digits). ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"Definite atopognosis proximal, in right hand. B. Twenty-four days after operation.
... Marked atopognosis in the left hand (dorsum of digits). P>. ..."
4. The Diagnosis of nervous diseases by James Purves-Stewart (1908)
"A degree of atopognosis is always present in organic hemi-anaesthesia. The special
senses are unaffected (their paths probably do not traverse the internal ..."
5. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"... and "atopognosis," consisting of the loss of power to recognize spatial
relationships and of correctly locating sensations. Hypotonia of the paralyzed ..."
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