dysgraphia

dysgraphia

English

Etymology

dys- +‎ graphia, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Noun

dysgraphia (countable and uncountable, plural dysgraphias)

1. A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
   • 2007 — Sharon Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, & Jeanne Shay Schumm, Teaching Students who are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, page 390

     Students with dysgraphia have severe problems learning to write.

Synonyms

• agraphia

Translations

language disorder

Bulgarian: дисграфия (disgrafija), аграфия (agrafija) Catalan: disgrafia Chinese: Mandarin: 書寫困難／书写困难 (shūxiě kùnnán) Czech: dysgrafie f, agrafie Estonian: düsgraafia (et), vaegkirjutamine Finnish: dysgrafia, kirjoitushäiriö French: dysgraphie (fr) f German: Dysgraphie (de) f, Schreibschwäche f Hebrew: דיסגרפיה‎ (he) (disgráfya) Hungarian: diszgráfia, írászavar Irish: diosgraife Italian: disgrafia (it) f Japanese: 書字障害 (しょじしょうがい, shojishōgai) Polish: dysgrafia (pl) f, agrafia (pl) f Portuguese: disgrafia Russian: дисграфи́я (ru) f (disgrafíja) Swedish: dysgrafi

See also

• dyscalculia
• dyslexia
• agraphic