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alexia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun alexia has 1 sense
- alexia(n = noun.state) visual aphasia, word blindness - inability to perceive written words; Array is a kind of aphasia
CIDE DICTIONARY
alexia, n. [NL.; a- not + Gr. speech, fr. to speak, confused with L. legere to read.].
As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alexia, n. the inability to see words or to read, caused by a condition of the brain.
Etymology
mod.L, A-(1) + Gk lexis speech f. legein to speak, confused with L legere to read
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