Definition of "agraphia" [a•graph•i•a]

• A disorder marked by loss of the ability to write. (noun)

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• "Head injuries that harm the parietal lobe can also impair the ability to focus on one object at a time, write words ( '' agraphia ''), and name objects ( '' anomia '')."
• "(I can quite understand that the reader will rub his eyes at these words and suspect the printer of some sort of agraphia.)"
• "If the patient is enable to write, the condition is known as agraphia."