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Definition of dyspraxia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dyspraxia

noun
 
/dɪsˈpræksiə/
 
/dɪsˈpræksiə/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a condition of the brain that develops in childhood causing difficulties with physical movement and writing neatly, for example
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek dus- ‘bad or difficult’ + praxis ‘action’.
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