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acalculia

Syllabification: (a·cal·cu·li·a)

Definition of acalculia

noun

Medicine
  • loss of the ability to perform simple arithmetic calculations, typically resulting from disease or injury of the parietal lobe of the brain.

Origin:

early 20th century: from a-1 'not' + Latin calculare 'calculate' + -ia1

acalculia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of acalculia in the British & World English dictionary