dysgraphia

English

Etymology

From dys- +‎ graphia, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Noun

dysgraphia (countable and uncountable, plural dysgraphias)

1. A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
   • 2007, Sharon Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Teaching Students who are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, page 390:

     Students with dysgraphia have severe problems learning to write.

Synonyms

• agraphia

Derived terms

• dyscravia
• dysgraphic

 

Translations

language disorder

• Bulgarian: дисграфия (disgrafija), аграфия (agrafija)
• Catalan: disgrafia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 書寫困難 / 书写困难 (shūxiě kùnnán)

• Czech: dysgrafie f, agrafie
• Estonian: düsgraafia (et), vaegkirjutamine
• Finnish: dysgrafia, kirjoitushäiriö
• French: dysgraphie (fr) f
• German: Dysgraphie (de) f, Schreibschwäche f
• Hebrew: דיסגרפיה (he) (disgráfya)
• Hungarian: diszgráfia (hu), írászavar
• Irish: diosgraife
• Italian: disgrafia (it) f
• Japanese: 書字障害 (しょじしょうがい, shojishōgai)
• Polish: dysgrafia (pl) f, agrafia (pl) f
• Portuguese: disgrafia
• Russian: дисграфи́я (ru) f (disgrafíja)
• Swedish: dysgrafi c

See also

• dyscalculia
• dyslexia
• agraphic