Abarognosis | |
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Other names | Baragnosis, baroagnosis[1] |
Abarognosis () is type of cortical sensory defect[2] consisting of a loss of barognosis, the ability to detect the weight of an object held in the hand or to tell the difference in weight between two objects,[3] or more succinctly "Loss of the ability to sense weight".[4] This deficit may be caused by damage to the parietal lobe.[5]
The term is from Greek "a" not, "baros" weight, "gnosis" knowledge.[citation needed]