paralexicadj.
/ˌparəˈlɛksɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈlɛksɪk/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of paralexia; affected by paralexia.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > impairment of mental powers > dyslexia, aphasia, etc.
aphasic1867
agraphic1869
aphemic1869
receptive1889
aphasiac1892
dyslexic1897
paralexic1900
anomic1904
dyslectic1936
anomic1947
1900 Lancet 15 Sept. 822/1 On being asked to read aloud from a newspaper..his reading was markedly paralexic.
1978 Cortex 14 439 Reading aloud and recognition reading were examined in a paralexic patient.
1992 Neurology 42 562 Three patients with left splenial lesions made paralexic errors restricted to the left end of words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1900