agraphia

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)lbor.

English -graphia

English agraphia

From a- + -graphia.

Pronunciation

• (stressed initial syllable):
  • enPR: ā′gră′fē-ə
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (unstressed initial syllable):
  • enPR: ə-gră′fē-ə
  • (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/
• Rhymes: -æfiə
• Hyphenation: a‧graph‧i‧a

Noun

agraphia (usually uncountable, plural agraphias)

2. (pathology) A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London, page 159:

     "Inability to speak, that is of course," amplified Dr. Olivant with dignified severity. "And as we see here"—tapping the pad that he still held—"inability to write: agraphia."

4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) The inability to write.

Synonyms

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• dysgraphia

Derived terms

• agraphic

Translations

loss of writing ability

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: agrafio
• Finnish: agrafia (fi), kirjoituskyvyttömyys (fi)
• French: agraphie (fr) f
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: agrafio
• Interlingua: agraphia
• Polish: agrafia (pl) f
• Portuguese: agrafia (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: agrafía (es) f, agrafia (es) f
• Swedish: agrafi (sv) c
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

inability to write

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: agrafio
• Finnish: kirjoitustaidottomuus (fi) (due to lack of education)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: agrafio
• Interlingua: agraphia
• Polish: agrafia (pl) f
• Portuguese: agrafia (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ej vara skrivkunnig (sv), ej kunna skriva (sv)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} аграфи́я (agrafíja)
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} agrafie

Further reading

• “agraphia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.