Meanings
nounBálint's syndrome (uncountable)
- uncountableA triad of severe neuropsychological impairments: simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia, and optic ataxia.
Origin
Named in 1909 for the Austro-Hungarian neurologist Rezső Bálint, who first identified it.
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