alexia
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.
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Noun edit
alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)
- (psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
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type of word blindness
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alexia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) alexia (inability to understand writing)