dispraksia

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυσπραξίᾱ (duspraxíā, “ill success, ill luck”), after the pattern of apraxia.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /disprakˈsia/ [dis.prak̚ˈsi.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: dis‧prak‧si‧a

Noun

dispraksia (uncountable)

  1. (neurology) dyspraxia: 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.

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