Alexia Definition

ə-lĕksē-ə
noun
A loss of the ability to read, caused by lesions of the brain; word blindness.
Webster's New World
Loss of the ability to read, usually caused by brain lesions.
American Heritage Medicine

(psychiatry) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.

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pronoun
A female given name .
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Other Word Forms of Alexia

Noun

Singular:
alexia
Plural:
alexias

Origin of Alexia

  • a– Greek lexis speech (from legein to speak leg- in Indo-European roots) –ia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek (a, “not”) + λέξις (leksis, “speech”) + English -ia.

    From Wiktionary

  • Feminine form of Alexius.

    From Wiktionary

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