Etymograph

English

pseudoneglect

From pseudo- + neglect.

A compound of pseudo- + neglect

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Latin neglegō ‘to make light of, disregard, not to pick up’

Latin neglēctus

Middle English neglect

English neglect

Today it means

noun A mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common.

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Etymograph / pseudoneglect