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Word: Dyslexia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: coined in German from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’ (apparently by confusion of Greek legein ‘to speak’ and Latin legere ‘to read’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪsˈlɛksɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a condition of neurodevelopmental origin that mainly affects the ease with which a person reads, writes, and spells, typically recognized as a specific learning disorder in children.
Short Definition:difficulty in reading
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