alexia
English
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXIA ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -iaCategory:English terms suffixed with -ia#ALEXIA.
Pronunciation
Noun
alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)Category:English lemmas#ALEXIACategory:English nouns#ALEXIACategory:English uncountable nouns#ALEXIACategory:English countable nouns#ALEXIACategory:English countable nouns#ALEXIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALEXIACategory:Pages with entries#ALEXIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#ALEXIA
- (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#ALEXIA, neurologyCategory:en:Neurology#ALEXIA) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
- Synonym: word blindness
- Coordinate term: letter blindness
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Portuguese
Noun
alexia f (uncountable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ALEXIACategory:Portuguese nouns#ALEXIACategory:Portuguese uncountable nouns#ALEXIACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ALEXIACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#ALEXIACategory:Pages with entries#ALEXIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#ALEXIA
- alexia (inability to understand writing)
Further reading
- “alexia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026