alexia
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)
- (medicine, neurology) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
- Synonym: word blindness
- Coordinate term: letter blindness
Hypernyms
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Translations
type of word blindness
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Further reading
Portuguese
Noun
alexia f (uncountable)
- alexia (inability to understand writing)