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PRONUNCIATION:

(bar-ag-NO-sis, ba-RAG-no-sis)

MEANING:

noun: Loss of the ability to sense weight.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek baros (weight) + a- (not) + gnosis (knowledge). Earliest documented use: 1921. A synonym is abarognosis, antonym barognosis. The p-headed word is paragnosis (knowledge that cannot be obtained by normal means).

USAGE:

“Now that I know you have baragnosis, honey -- those jeans do make you look fat.”
Ad; The New York Times; Apr 20, 2007.

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