alexia

«alexia» in Mova's school dictionary: A loss of the ability to read, usually after damage to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (alexia — uncountable); name (Alexia)

meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) A loss of the ability to read, usually after damage to the brain, for example from a stroke, in someone who could read before. tree →

2) (a name) Alexia is a girl's name. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in science or health talk about the brain, and as a person's name in class lists and stories. It is not the same as dyslexia.

examples

• After her stroke, Grandma had alexia for a while. tree →
• Alexia means a person who could read loses that skill. tree →
• Alexia is in my netball team. tree →
• Doctors helped him relearn reading after alexia. tree →
• Alexia read her story to the class. tree →
• Alexia is rare compared with dyslexia. tree →

note

Medical word is uncountable; the name takes a capital A. Do not mix up with dyslexia, which is a lifelong difference in learning to read.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alexia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.