dyslexia

[ dis-lek-see-uh ]

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noun

any of various reading disorders associated with difficulty decoding written language and integrating auditory and visual information, such as the association of phonemes with letter combinations in spelling.

dyslexia

/ dɪsˈlɛksɪə; dɪsˈlɛktɪk /

noun

a developmental disorder which can cause learning difficulty in one or more of the areas of reading, writing, and numeracy Nontechnical nameword blindness

dyslexia

/ dĭs-lĕk′sē-ə /

A learning disability marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.

dyslexia

Difficulty in reading when experienced by persons with normal vision and normal or above-normal intelligence. A common example of dyslexia is reading words with the letters in reverse order, as in fyl for fly .

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Usage

Rather than talking about a person being dyslexic or about dyslexics , it is better to talk about a person with dyslexia , people with dyslexia

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Derived Forms

dyslectic, adjectivenoun
dysˈlexic, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dyslexia¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from New Latin, from Greek dys- dys- + léx(is) “speech, text, word” ( lexis ) + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dyslexia¹

from dys- + -lexia from Greek lexis word

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Example Sentences

There is no consensus as to where the cut-off point should be for diagnosing dyslexia.

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The origins of the term dyslexia can be traced back to late nineteenth century Europe.

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Helpful Bystander (HB): Have you ever thought that maybe he has dyslexia?

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Nowadays, the proportion deemed to have dyslexia is anything from 4% to 20% of the population.

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The Dyslexia Debate, authored by Julian Elliott and Elena Grigorenko, is published by Cambridge University Press (2014).

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dyslalia dyslexic

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