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Definition of Inattention
1. Noun. Lack of attention.
Generic synonyms: Basic Cognitive Process
Specialized synonyms: Heedlessness, Inattentiveness, Distraction, Disregard, Neglect
Antonyms: Attention
Specialized synonyms: Heedlessness, Inattentiveness, Distraction, Disregard, Neglect
Antonyms: Attention
Definition of Inattention
1. n. Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
Definition of Inattention
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Medical Definition of Inattention
1. Lack of attention; negligence. Selective inattention, an aspect of attentiveness in which a person attempts to ignore or avoid perceiving that which generates anxiety. Sensory inattention, the inability to feel a tactile stimulus when a similar stimulus, presented simultaneously in a homologous area of the body, is perceived. Visual inattention, the inability to perceive a photic stimulus in a visual field when a similar but perceived stimulus is presented simultaneously in the homologous field. (05 Mar 2000)
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