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ster·eo·an·es·the·sia (ster″e-o-an″es-theґzhə) [stereo- + anesthesia] inability to identify by touch the form, size, weight, and texture of objects, owing to cortical disease or an interruption of nerve tracts. Cf. astereognosis.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Agnosia — An inability to recognize sensory inputs (sight, sound, touch). The most common agnosia is a result of brain injury damaging the rear part of the brain causing visual agnosia (inability to properly recognize objects by sight). * * * Impairment of … Medical dictionary
tactile agnosia — inability to recognize familiar objects by touch. Cf. astereognosis and stereoanesthesia … Medical dictionary
