alexia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.
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editNoun
editalexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)
- (psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
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edittype of word blindness
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editPortuguese
editNoun
editalexia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) alexia (inability to understand writing)
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