"dyslexia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈlɛk.si.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dyslexia.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dyslexias [plural]
enPR: dĭs-lĕkʹsē-ə Etymology: dys- + lexis + -ia. Via learned borrowing from New Latin dyslexia, produced from Latin dys- + lexis, -ia, a calque of German Dyslexie, coined by German ophthalmologist Rudolf Berlin in 1887, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) expressing the idea of difficulty, and λέξις (léxis, “diction”, “word”), the root chosen due to apparent semantic conflation of Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak”) and Latin legō (“to read”). Cf. the root of lexicon, Medieval Latin lexicon, Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “dictionary”, literally “[book of] words”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{af|en|dys-|lexis|-ia}} dys- + lexis + -ia, {{lbor|en|NL.|dyslexia|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from New Latin dyslexia, {{der|en|la|dys-}} Latin dys-, {{calque|en|de|Dyslexie|nocap=1}} calque of German Dyslexie, {{coinage|de|Rudolf Berlin|in=1887|nat=German|nocap=1|nocat=1|occ=ophthalmologist}} coined by German ophthalmologist Rudolf Berlin in 1887, {{der|en|grc|δυσ-}} Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-), {{cog|ML.|lexicon}} Medieval Latin lexicon, {{cog|gkm|λεξικόν|lit=􂀿book of􂁀 words|t=dictionary}} Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “dictionary”, literally “[book of] words”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dyslexia (countable and uncountable, plural dyslexias)
  1. (neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties. Wikipedia link: dyslexia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Disability, Neurology, Pathology Synonyms: word-blindness Related terms: dyslectic, dyslexic, dyslexify, alexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia Translations (learning disability): disleksie (Afrikaans), dislexa [feminine] (Asturian), dislexia (Basque), dislèxia [feminine] (Catalan), 失讀症 (Chinese Mandarin), 失读症 (shīdúzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 閱讀障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阅读障碍 (yuèdú zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), gerdhelni [masculine] (Cornish), dyslexie [feminine] (Czech), ordblindhed [common-gender] (Danish), dysleksi [common-gender] (Danish), dyslexie [feminine] (Dutch), ديسلكسيا (Egyptian Arabic), disleksio (Esperanto), düsleksia (Estonian), vaeglugemine (Estonian), orðblindi [neuter] (Faroese), lukivaikeus (Finnish), dysleksia (Finnish), dyslexie [feminine] (French), dislexia [feminine] (Galician), დისლექსია (disleksia) (Georgian), Legasthenie [feminine] (German), Dyslexie [feminine] (German), δυσλεξία (dyslexía) [feminine] (Greek), disleksi (Haitian Creole), דִּיסְלֶקְצִיָּה (disléktsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), diszlexia (Hungarian), lesblinda [feminine] (Icelandic), disleksia (Indonesian), disléicse [feminine] (Irish), dislessia [feminine] (Italian), 失読症 (shitsudokushō) (alt: しつどくしょう) (Japanese), ディスレクシア (disurekushia) (Japanese), 난독증 (nandokjeung) (alt: 難讀症) (Korean), dyslexia [feminine] (Latin), disleksija [feminine] (Latvian), disleksia (Malay), neulhaihderys [masculine] (Manx), dîsleksiye (Northern Kurdish), dysleksi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dysleksi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dysleksja [feminine] (Polish), dislexia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਡਿਸਲੇਕਸੀਆ (ḍislekasīā) (Punjabi), dislexie [feminine] (Romanian), дислекси́я (disleksíja) [feminine] (Russian), doille-fhaclan [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), дислѐксија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dislèksija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dyslexia [feminine] (Slovak), dislexia [feminine] (Spanish), dyslexi [common-gender] (Swedish), ordblindhet [common-gender] (Swedish), டிஸ்லெக்சியா (ṭislekciyā) (Tamil), disleksi (Turkish), дислексія (dysleksija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chứng khó đọc (Vietnamese), dyslecsia [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "learning disability",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "learning disability",
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          "alt": "しつどくしょう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shitsudokushō",
          "sense": "learning disability",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "disurekushia",
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        {
          "alt": "難讀症",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nandokjeung",
          "sense": "learning disability",
          "word": "난독증"
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          "sense": "learning disability",
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          "sense": "learning disability",
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      "word": "dysleksia"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "დისლექსია"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dislessia"
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      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "失読症"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "disurekushia",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "ディスレクシア"
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      "alt": "難讀症",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nandokjeung",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "난독증"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "dîsleksiye"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "disleksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "disleksia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dysleksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dysleksi"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dysleksja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dislexia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ḍislekasīā",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "ਡਿਸਲੇਕਸੀਆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dislexie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "disleksíja",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дислекси́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doille-fhaclan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дислѐксија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dislèksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyslexia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dislexia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dyslexi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "ordblindhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭislekciyā",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "டிஸ்லெக்சியா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "disleksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dysleksija",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дислексія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "word": "chứng khó đọc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "learning disability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dyslecsia"
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}

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