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dyslexia.

dyslexia

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[dysˈɫɛk.si.a]Classical-Latin[dizˈlɛk.si.a]
  1. dyslexia

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

New Latin produced from dys- + lexis + -ia, a calque of German Dyslexie, coined by German ophthalmologist Rudolf Berlin in 1887, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) expressing the idea of difficulty, and λέξις (léxis, “speech”; “diction”; “word”).

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