alexia

noun
🔊/əˈleksiə/, 🔊/eɪˈleksiə/
🔊/əˈleksiə/, 🔊/eɪˈleksiə/
[uncountable] (medical医学)
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  1. the condition of not being able to recognize written words or letters, usually because of brain damage 失读症(通常因脑部损伤导致)synonym word blindness
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from a- ‘without’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’, from legein ‘speak’, which was confused with Latin legere ‘read’.