(medicine) Loss of recognition of objects by touch, although recognition occurs through another sense, usually vision. Also known as tactile agnosia.
astereognosis
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(ə-stĕr'ē-ŏg-nō'sĭs, -stēr'-)
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The inability to determine the form of an object by touch.
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