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noun

Alexia n. (Med.)

(a)

Inability to read aloud, due to brain disease; the meanings of the words is nevertheless understood. Called also motor alexia.

(b)

Inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols. Called also Word blindness and text blindness.

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Etymology of 'Alexia'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alexia" Quotes from Famous Books

... behind, was a youth: he took the old woman by the hand, and said: "Can it be true, Alexia, that certain rites and spells, as those old wild stories, in which I could never put faith, tell us, can fetter the free will of man, and make love and hatred grow ...

— The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano - Tales from the German of Tieck • Ludwig Tieck

Words linked to "Alexia" : visual aphasia, word blindness