Etymology

dysgnosia

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From dys- (“incorrect, wrong”) + Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, knowledge”) + -ia (“noun-forming suffix”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.