Look up: Alexia

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   Alexia
   Strictly speaking, a total inability to read the written word but with preserved visual perception of objects and pictures.
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   Alexia
   inability to read
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   Alexia
   Difficulty in reading.
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   Alexia
   Alexia: A neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to read or understand the written word. Alexia is a complex visual disturbance resulting from disease in the visual-association areas at the back of the brain. Someone who has had a stroke may be left with pure (total) or partial alexia. Partial alexia permits the individual to re ...
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   alexia
   2)the inability to recognize or comprehend written or printed words Category: Medicine
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   Alexia
   A·lex'i·a noun [ New Latin ; a- not + Greek ... speech, from ... to speak, confused with Latin legere to read.] (Medicine) (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.
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   alexia
   <neurology> Loss of the ability to understand printed words or sentences ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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   Alexia
   The word `Alexia` has more than one meaning: * Alexia is a brain disorder involving the loss of the ability to read * Alexia is a Greek name that means `Protector of man`. There are three European singers called `Alexia`: * Alexia (British) * Alexia (Cypriot) * Alexia (Italian) There are two princesses called `Alexia`: * Princess Alexia of the Netherlands * Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
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   alexia
   (ә-lek´se-ә) a form of receptive aphasia in which there is inability to understand written language. adj., alex´ic.
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    Alexia
    • (n.) As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease. • (n.) More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.
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    Alexia
    Alexia is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Protector of Mankind` Where is it used? The name Alexia is mainly used In English and In German.If it`s too long people might use In English: Alexa In English: LexiaVariations on the name: In Russian: Aleksei (M) For the opposite sex use: In Ancient Greek (Latinized) : Alexius (M) See also In Spani
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    alexia
    alexia 1. A loss of the ability to understand written language, inability to read because of brain lesions; word blindness. 2. An acquired disorder in reading ability; to be differentiated from dyslexia, which is a developmental problem in reading. [Strictly speaking, lexus and its derivatives refer to speech, not reading, because they are based on th...
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    alexia
    alexia, alex 1. Inability to see words or to read; word-blindness. 2. An inability to comprehend the meaning of written or printed words and sentences, caused by a cerebral lesion. 3. A neurologic disorder marked by loss of the ability to understand written or printed language, usually resulting from a brain lesion or a congenital defect; also termed as: 'wo...
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    alexia
    An inability to comprehend the meaning of written or printed words and sentences, caused by a cerebral lesion. Also called optical alexia, sensory alexia, or visual alexia, in distinction to motor alexia (anarthria), in which there is loss of the power to read aloud although the significance of what is written or printed is understood. Syn: visual ...
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