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dyscalculia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪskælˈkjuːli.ə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dys- (from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)) + calculate (from Latin calculare).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability.
    • Some educators think requiring students with dyscalculia to study math in high school is a mistake because the dyscalculic students are unlikely to be capable of learning math.

Forms

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dyscalculias Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

innumeracy

Deriveds

dyscalculic

Descendants

dyskalkuli

Relateds

dyslexia · acalculia

Translations (27)

fi dyskalkulia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · ca discalcúlia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · pt discalculia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · cs dyskalkulie (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · de Rechenschwäche (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · da dyskalkuli (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · de Dyskalkulie (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · sv dyskalkyli (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · bg дискалкулия (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · es discalculia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · is talnablinda (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · ru дискалькули́я (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · it discalculia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · nb tallblindhet (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · pl dyskalkulia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · pl dyskalkulia rozwojowa (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · is reikniblinda (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · fr dyscalculie (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · da talblindhed (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · sh diskalkulija (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · nl dyscalculie (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · et düsmatemaatika (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · hu számolászavar (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · hu diszkalkulia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · et düskalkuulia (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · nb dyskalkuli (pathology: difficulty with numbers) · vi chứng khó học toán (pathology: difficulty with numbers)