logagraphia
- noun
- /ˌlɒɡəˈɡræfiə/
- Specialized
- Following his stroke, he struggled with logagraphia, making written communication nearly impossible.
Examples
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The neurologist diagnosed the patient with logagraphia after observing her difficulty in expressing thoughts through writing.
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Research into logagraphia has improved our understanding of how brain injuries affect language abilities.
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The patient was diagnosed with logagraphia after the stroke.
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Many people with logagraphia struggle to communicate effectively.
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Following his stroke, he struggled with logagraphia, making written communication nearly impossible.
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The neurologist diagnosed the patient with logagraphia after observing her difficulty in expressing thoughts through writing.
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Research into logagraphia has improved our understanding of how brain injuries affect language abilities.
Synonyms
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A learning difficulty that makes writing by hand hard even when teaching and intelligence are normal
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Loss of the ability to write because of brain damage
Loss of the ability to write or express thoughts in writing after brain damage
Surface Forms
Morphology
logagraphia = loga + graphia
This is a learned medical formation with classical elements, but the neurological meaning is not recoverable from the parts for an average learner.
Etymology
Logagraphia comes from Greek parts logo- meaning 'word' or 'thought' and -graphia meaning 'writing', and the graph part is the same as in autograph. So logagraphia is when someone loses the ability to write or to put their thoughts into writing.