Alexia

Alexia (alexia; and - – otritsa. Greek lexis – the word, the speech is frequent +; synonyms: the blindness is verbal, a blindness verbal) – disorder of reading which is caused by disturbance of understanding of the text.

Allocate:

  • Alexia verbal (alexia verbalis; lat. verbalis – verbal) – an alexia which is connected with disturbance of understanding of sense of separate words or phrases;
  • Alexia literal (alexia litteralis; lat. litteralis – alphabetic) – an alexia which is connected with disturbance of recognition of separate figures, letters or other signs.
 
Whether you know that:

Our kidneys are capable to clear three liters of blood in one minute.