Etymology

nosognosia

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Today it means: The ability of a person to recognize his or her own medical disorder. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νόσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόσος“disease”
  2. English todaynosognosia

From the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

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