alexia

See also: Alexia and Alexía

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ λέξις (léxis, “speech”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛk.si.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)

1. (medicine, neurology) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.

   Synonym: word blindness

   Coordinate term: letter blindness

Hypernyms

• dyslexia

Related terms

• alexic

Translations

type of word blindness

• Afrikaans: aleksie, woordblindheid
• Catalan: alèxia (ca) f
• Czech: alexie (cs) f
• Dutch: alexie f
• Esperanto: aleksio
• Finnish: aleksia (fi)
• French: alexie (fr) f
• Georgian: ალექსია (ka) (aleksia)
• Greek: αλεξία f (alexía)
• Polish: aleksja (pl) f
• Portuguese: alexia f
• Swedish: alexi (sv) c
• Turkish: aleksi (tr)

Further reading

• Dyslexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

alexia f (uncountable)

1. alexia (inability to understand writing)