prosopometamorphopsia

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Etymology

First used in 1953 by British neurologist MacDonald Critchley, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + English metamorphopsia (“distorted vision”).

Noun

prosopometamorphopsia (uncountable)

  1. (psychiatry) A disorder of facial perception, in which the patient perceives people's faces as distorted, often with morbid affective features.
    Synonym: PMO
    Coordinate term: prosopagnosia

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