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alexia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈlɛk.si.ə/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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alexias Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

letter blindness

Hypernyms

dyslexia

Relateds

alexic

Synonyms

word blindness

Translations (14)

ca alèxia (type of word blindness) · fi aleksia (type of word blindness) · cs alexie (type of word blindness) · sv alexi (type of word blindness) · el αλεξία (type of word blindness) · af aleksie (type of word blindness) · af woordblindheid (type of word blindness) · fr alexie (type of word blindness) · eo aleksio (type of word blindness) · pt alexia (type of word blindness) · tr aleksi (type of word blindness) · nl alexie (type of word blindness) · ka ალექსია (type of word blindness) · pl aleksja (type of word blindness)