Look up: alexia

1. Alexia
   Strictly speaking, a total inability to read the written word but with preserved visual perception of objects and pictures.
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2. Alexia
   inability to read
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3. Alexia
   Difficulty in reading.
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4. 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 a...
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5. alexia
   2)the inability to recognize or comprehend written or printed words Category: Medicine
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6. 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 commonl...
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7. alexia
   <neurology> Loss of the ability to understand printed words or sentences ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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: I...
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11. 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...
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12. 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 fr...
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13. alexia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-lek′sē-ă Definitions: 1. An inability to comprehend the meaning of written or printed words and sentences, caused by a cerebral lesion. Also called optic alexia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, to differentiate from motor alexia (anarthria), in which t...
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14. Alexia
    [condition] Those who suffer from "alexia" and "dyslexia" can have similar difficulties, however, "alexia" refers to an acquired reading disability, where reading ability had previously been developed, usually occurring in adulthood conditions, while "dyslexia" refers to developmental readin...
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15. Alexia
    [Italian singer] Alexia, (born Alessia Aquilani 19 May 1967), is an Italian singer. Before recording in Italian in the 2000s, she made records in English in the late 1990s. Many of those were international hits. Before her solo career she was the vocalist of Ice Mc. ==Career== ===Early work=...
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16. Alexia
    [aphasia] This list contains present and past footballers who played for the Cameroonian football club Canon Yaoundé. ...
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17. Alexia
    [album] Alexia is the fifth studio album by Italian singer Alexia released in 2002. The album was the first release in Italian. It gave boost to her career. The album was released in Italy on CD and cassette on 8 March 2002. The album contains one English recording, an English version of "Di...
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