acalculia

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How do you pronounce acalculia?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌeɪ.kælˈkjuː.li.ə/.

What does acalculia mean?

The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe.

Where does acalculia come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.? substratebor.? Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin calculus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calculare Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English acalculia From a- (negative prefix) + Latin calculare (“to calculate”) + English -ia (“pathological condition”).

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