STREPHOSYMBOLIA

Etymology

Coined in 1925 by Samuel Orton.

Noun

strephosymbolia (uncountable)

A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.

Source: Wiktionary



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