dyslexia
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dyslexia /dɪsˈlɛksɪə/
▶noun a disorder involving difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols. Compare with alexia.
– derivatives
dyslectic adjective & noun,
dyslexic adjective & noun.
dyslectic adjective & noun,
dyslexic adjective & noun.
– origin C19: Ger. Dyslexie from dys- + Gk lexis ‘speech’ (appar. by confusion of Gk legein ‘to speak’ and L. legere ‘to read’).
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