Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See the extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an impaired ability to read.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun neurology, pathology A
learning disability in which a person finds itdifficult toread andwrite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun impaired ability to learn to read
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And although the term dyslexia was not something I came across until much later in life, when I did I understood immediately that I had a number of its symptoms.
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And although the term dyslexia was not something I came across until much later in life, when I did I understood immediately that I had a number of its symptoms.
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And although the term dyslexia was not something I came across until much later in life, when I did I understood immediately that I had a number of its symptoms.
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And dyslexia, one of the byproducts and the one that's least addressed is not, you know, inverting letters or having trouble concentrating or all the other manifestations that we now know go into what we call dyslexia, but the unknown thing of low self-esteem.
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Joan GrabhamCambridge• I am saddened that it is again necessary to try to dispel the myth that Finnish does not have a word for dyslexia Editorial, 26 February.
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Formal diagnosis of dyslexia is made by a qualified professional, such as a neurologist or an educational psychologist.
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Like dyslexia, is there a condition that affects ones ability to do math?
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Although dyslexia is thought to be the result of a neurological difference, it is not an intellectual disability.
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singlepayernow commented on the word dyslexia
what i have
December 9, 2007