alexia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.
Pronunciation[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
type of word blindness
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Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
alexia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) alexia (inability to understand writing)
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