alexia

Everyday

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 →

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.