paragraphia
a disorder marked by the writing of words or letters other than those intended, or the loss of the ability to express ideas in writing, usually caused by a brain lesion.
Origin of paragraphia
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In other instances there is both alteration in the form of the writing and paragraphia, or the use of the wrong letters.
Science and the Criminal | C. Ainsworth MitchellThis may affect speech to the point of an apparent aphasia or produce paragraphia.
Benign Stupors | August Hoch
British Dictionary definitions for paragraphia
/ (ˌpærəˈɡrɑːfɪə) /
psychiatry the habitual writing of a different word or letter from the one intended, often the result of a mental disorder or brain injury
Origin of paragraphia
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