agraphia

American  

[ey-graf-ee-uh, uh-graf-] / eɪˈgræf i ə, əˈgræf- /

noun

Pathology.

1. a cerebral disorder characterized by total or partial inability to write.

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agraphia British  

/ əˈɡræfɪə /

noun

1. loss of the ability to write, resulting from a brain lesion

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Other Word Forms

• agraphic adjective

Etymology

Origin of agraphia

From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at a- ⁶, -graphy

Example Sentences

If he were not illiterate we could, by asking him to write, say if agraphia also is present.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

He knows he can't write because it's a known fact, but he doesn't know it by the scientifically known test known to him—and that's agraphia.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

Further, several instances are on record in which agraphia has followed destruction of the commissure between the visual speech centre and the graphic centre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

If the patient is enable to write, the condition is known as agraphia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

As already mentioned, agraphia is very often associated with motor vocal aphasia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various