ALEXIA

Etymology

Noun

alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)

(psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.

Etymology

Proper noun

Alexia

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Source: Wiktionary


A*lex"i*a, n. [NL.; a- not + Gr. speech, fr. to speak, confused with L. legere to read.] (Med.) (a) As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease. (b) More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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