atopognosis

atopognosis
ato·pog·no·sis .ā-.täp-äg-'nō-səs, -.tōp- n, pl -no·ses -.sēz absence or loss of the power of topognosia

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atop·og·no·sis (ə-top″og-noґsis) atopognosia.

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