alexia
noun/əˈleksiə/, /eɪˈleksiə/
/əˈleksiə/, /eɪˈleksiə/
[uncountable] (medical)- the condition of not being able to recognize written words or letters, usually because of brain damage synonym word blindnessTopics Disabilityc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from a- ‘without’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’, from legein ‘speak’, which was confused with Latin legere ‘read’.
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