acalculia

English

Etymology

From a- (negative prefix) + Latin calculare (“to calculate”) + -ia (“pathological condition”).

Pronunciation

Noun

acalculia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

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References
  1. Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Portuguese

Noun

acalculia f (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) acalculia (condition of lacking basic mathematical skills)
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