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Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to ideational apraxia: ideomotor apraxia, constructional apraxia. [Ä«â²dÄÂ·Äâ²shÉnÉl] Etymology: Gk, idea, form, a + prassein, not to do. a condition in which the conceptual process is lost, often because of a lesion in the parietal lobe. The individual is unable to formulate a plan of movement and does not know the proper use of an object because of a lack of perception of its purpose. There is no loss of motor movement or strength, but the reason for the movement is confused. Also called sensory apraxia. See also apraxia.
Some kinds of damage to the posterior parietal cortex can lead to a syndrome called apraxia. In one form of apraxia, patients can make certain gestures spontaneously but have trouble in making these same gestures if asked to do so.n the somatosensory cortex, it varies with each body part's sensitivity to sensory information. Of course, people can learn to make very fine movements of body parts that do not normally make such movements (for example, the wrist, elbow, and shoulder motions that a violinist must master).