DYSLEXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyslexia mean? 

• DYSLEXIA (noun)
  The noun DYSLEXIA has 1 sense:

1. impaired ability to learn to read

  Familiarity information: DYSLEXIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSLEXIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impaired ability to learn to read

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dyslexia" is a kind of...):

learning disability; learning disorder (a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills)

Derivation:

dyslectic; dyslexic (having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder)

dyslexic (of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia)

 Context examples 

Ropars said more testing is to be done to confirm this technique's efficacy in treating dyslexia.

(Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, Wikinews)

Enabling machines to understand human behavior also could enable new approaches to behavioral diagnosis and rehabilitation for conditions such as autism, dyslexia and depression.

(Computer that Reads Body Language, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The authors of this study, Leila Wehbe, Ph.D. student in the Machine Learning Department of the Carnegie Mellon University and Tom Mitchell, the department head, said the model is still inexact, but might someday be useful in studying and diagnosing reading disorders, such as dyslexia, or to track the recovery of patients whose speech was impacted by a stroke.

(Researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Individuals with dyslexia have difficulty reading, especially distinguishing between letters that are mirror images of each other, like the characters 'b' and 'd' or 'p' and 'q'.

(Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, Wikinews)

Research published by Albert Le Floch and Guy Ropars of French University of Rennes claims dyslexia may be caused by the way the photoreceptors in their eyes are arranged.

(Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, Wikinews)