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alexia

/əˈlɛk.si.ə/

alexia noun: the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.

Noun

alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)

  1. The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
    Synonyms:
    word blindness

Proper noun capitalized: Alexia

Alexia

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

alexia meaning in Tamil and Kannada

alexia in Tamil

படுக்க இயலாமை, எழுத்துப்புரியாமை, சொற்குருடு, படுத்துப் புரியும் உணர்வின்மை, வாசிக்க இயலாமை

alexia in Kannada

ಪದಕುರುಡು, ಓದುಗೊರೆ

Synonyms of alexia

Forms of alexia

pluralalexias

Origin of alexia

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.

Feminine form of Alexius.

Questions about alexia

What does alexia mean?
Alexia means the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
What is alexia in Tamil?
Alexia in Tamil is படுக்க இயலாமை, எழுத்துப்புரியாமை, சொற்குருடு. See Alexia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alexia?
Alexia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce alexia?
Alexia is pronounced /əˈlɛk.si.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of alexia?
The plural of alexia is alexias.

Words near alexia in the dictionary

  1. Alexeevca
  2. Alexei
  3. Alexes
  4. Alexey
  5. alexeyevite
  6. alexia
  7. Alexian
  8. Alexians
  9. Alexiares
  10. alexias
  11. alexic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alexia (page history and authors); Alexia (page history and authors); alexia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alexia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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