alexic
- noun
- /əˈlɛksɪk/
- Specialized
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aléxico
- Many alexics require specialized teaching methods.
Examples
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After his stroke, he became alexic and required extensive rehabilitation to communicate.
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Researchers studied how alexic patients process written language differently from the general population.
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The clinic has recently started a program to support individuals who are alexic.
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An alexic individual struggles to read simple sentences.
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The therapist works with alexic children to help them improve their reading skills.
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After the accident, Mary was diagnosed as alexic and enrolled in a reading rehabilitation program.
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He reads aloud to his sister, who is alexic, hoping to stimulate her language recovery.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alexic comes from the Greek parts a- meaning 'not' and lexis meaning 'word' or 'reading', the same root as lexicon, which means 'word list'. So, an alexic is a person who cannot read because they have lost the ability to read words.
