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agraphia
[ ey-graf-ee-uh, uh-graf- ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a cerebral disorder characterized by total or partial inability to write.
agraphia
/ əˈɡræfɪə /
noun
- loss of the ability to write, resulting from a brain lesion
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Other Words From
- a·graphic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agraphia1
C19: New Latin, from a- 1+ Greek graphein to write
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Example Sentences
If he were not illiterate we could, by asking him to write, say if agraphia also is present.
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Destruction of the visual speech centre by obliterating the visual memories of words (amnesia verbalis) produces agraphia.
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As already mentioned, agraphia is very often associated with motor vocal aphasia.
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