Associations to the word «Alexia»

Wiktionary

ALEXIA, noun. (psychiatry) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
ALEXIA, proper noun. A female given name .

Dictionary definition

ALEXIA, noun. Inability to perceive written words.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley