Usually means: Misreading words due to brain dysfunction.
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  1. paralexia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. paralexia: Wordnik
  3. paralexia: Wiktionary
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  5. paralexia: Dictionary.com
  6. Paralexia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. paralexia: Encyclopedia

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  1. paralexia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. paralexia: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paralexia)

▸ noun:  (pathology) A language disorder in which the words or syllables of a text being read are transposed into meaningless combinations

Similar:
paraphasia, paraphrasia, paranomia, paranomasia, paragraphia, paragrammatism, paronymy, paralalia, heteropalindrome, pseudohomophony, more...

Opposite:
normal reading, fluent reading, accurate reading

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Similar:
paraphasia, paraphrasia, paranomia, paranomasia, paragraphia, paragrammatism, paronymy, paralalia, heteropalindrome, pseudohomophony, more...

Opposite:
normal reading, fluent reading, accurate reading



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