A dyslexic child's visual and auditory senses cannot perceive and record without distortion (Saturday Review).
To the parents of a dyslexic, the child's behavior may be profoundly perplexing. Often the child exhibits exceptional ingenuity and creativity, yet fails totally at school (New York Times).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dys|lex|i|a — «dihs LEHK see uh», noun. a form of aphasia marked by the inability to read properly: »Dyslexia is a neurological ailment which bears no more relation to intelligence than, say, color blindness (Benjamin H. Pearse). ╂[< New Latin dyslexia < … Useful english dictionary
dys·lex·ia — … Useful english dictionary
dys — dys·acou·sia; dys·adaptation; dys·ar·thria; dys·arthrosis; dys·che·zia; dys·chon·dro·pla·sia; dys·chromatopsia; dys·cra·sia; dys·cra·site; dys·crystalline; dys·der·cus; dys·en·ter·ic; dys·en·ter·i·form; dys·en·tery; dys·er·gia; dys·esthesia;… … English syllables
dyslexia — dys·lex·ia … English syllables
dyslexiac — dys·lex·i·ac … English syllables
dyslexia — dys•lex•i•a [[t]dɪsˈlɛk si ə[/t]] n. pat any of various learning disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information, often resulting in difficulty learning to… … From formal English to slang
dyslexic — dys|lex|ic1 [ dıs leksık ] adjective MEDICAL affected by dyslexia dyslexic dys|lex|ic 2 [ dıs leksık ] noun count MEDICAL someone who has dyslexia … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dyslexia — dys|lex|i|a [dısˈleksiə] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: dys bad (from Greek) + Greek lexis word, speech ] a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell >dyslexic adj ▪ Two of the children in the class are dyslexic … Dictionary of contemporary English
dyslexia — dys|lex|i|a [ dıs leksiə ] noun uncount MEDICAL a medical condition affecting the brain that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell words correctly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Dyslexia — is a specific reading disability due to a defect in the brain s (higher cortical) processing of graphic symbols. Dyslexia is thus a learning disability that alters the way the brain processes written material. The effects of dyslexia vary from… … Medical dictionary
