Dyslexic

/dɪsˈlɛksɪk/ adjective

Having difficulty with reading and spelling due to how the brain processes written words.

From Greek 'dys-' (bad, difficult) + 'lexis' (word, speech). Coined in the 1880s to describe a specific reading difficulty that wasn't about intelligence.

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