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Definition of Dysgraphia
1. Noun. Impaired ability to learn to write.
Definition of Dysgraphia
1. Noun. A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dysgraphia
1. 1. Difficulty in writing. Synonym: writer's cramp. Origin: dys-+ G. Graphe, writing (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dysgraphia
Literary usage of Dysgraphia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"No difficulty should be found in 'differentiating hysterical mutism from sensory
aphasia, the paraphasia, dysgraphia and dysarthria being sufficient to ..."
2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Alexia or dyslexia, almost exclusively a reading disturbance, and agraphia or
dysgraphia, almost exclusively a writing disturbance, are considered by some ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"The patient exhibited also <i marked disorder in writing, of the nature of an "
ataxia " or " dysgraphia." There was no weakness of the right hand, ..."
4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1901)
"Here there was a marked disorder in writing—an ataxia of writing, or what might
fairly be named a dysgraphia. This was present without any weakness of the ..."
5. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"Difficulty in breeding; sterility. Dysgeusia, dis-g«'-ze-ah. Perversion of the
sense of taste. dysgraphia, dis-graf-e-ah. An inability to write properly. ..."
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