Definition of "alexia" []

• Loss of the ability to read, usually caused by brain lesions. Also called word blindness. (noun)

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• "When the disability is severe, it is termed alexia."
• "Unintelligible there's even a Greek name for it in people, called alexia sine agrafia, lost of ability to read but not of ability to write."
• "Yeah, "alexia" is the complete inability to read, as opposed to dyslexia, which is a difficulty while reading."