BARAGNOSIS

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).
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BAR AGNOSIA (or BAN AGNOSIS) - make education compulsory for all

BARRAGNOSIS - knowing a lot about bombardment

B.A. RAG? NO, SIS - I don't think my sibling should refer so disparagingly to her graduation gown...