word-blind

[wurd-blahynd]

adjective

1. having alexia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of word-blind¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He is like the patients that Kussmaul calls "word-blind," who can not, in spite of good sight, read the written words they see, but can express them in speech and writing.

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