dyspraxia
/dɪsˈpɹæksiə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Many people with dyspraxia have difficulty with tying shoelaces."
- "It is not clearly known what causes dyspraxia. It appears to be a developmental delay specifically in areas affecting motor function, which may involve gross motor, fine motor or articulatory skills. Some dyspraxic children also have other learning difficulties, while some are of average or above-average intelligence."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis)der. English -praxia English dyspraxia From dys- + -praxia.