Disease or Syndrome
anosognosia
Definitions related to anosognosia:
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A condition in which a person who suffers illness or disability seems unaware of or denies the existence of the illness or disability.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Inability to recognize a physical deficit in oneself (e.g. patient denies paralyzed limb).Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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