agnosia

[LukeJavan8]

agnosia (ag-NO-zhuh)
noun: Loss of ability to recognize objects, people, sounds, etc., usually caused by brain injury.

From Greek agnosia (ignorance), from a- (without) + gnosis (knowledge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gno- (to know) that is the ancestor of such words as know, can, notorious, notice, connoisseur, recognize, agnostic, diagnosis, ignore, annotate, noble, narrate, anagnorisis (the moment of recognition), and gnomon.

[Slava]

In the August 30, 2010 issue of the New Yorker, there is an interesting article on prosopagnosia; the inability to recognize faces. Hard to imagine what that must be like; not knowing who your friends are until they speak.

[LukeJavan8]

Yes, I saw it.

[Perry]

Well you know the horrible joke about Alzheimer's. "The nice thing about Alzheimer's is that you are always meeting new people."

[Slava]

Well you know the horrible joke about Alzheimer's. "The nice thing about Alzheimer's is that you are always meeting new people."

Ow.

[thejazzgirl]

Yes, I saw it.

[LukeJavan8]

Meaning??