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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alexia \A*lex"i*a\, n. [NL.; a- not + Gr ? speech, fr ? to speak, confused with L. legere to read.] (Med.) a As used by some inability to read aloud, due to brain disease. b More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alexia n : inability to perceive written words [syn: {visual aphasia}, {word blindness}]
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