Definition of Alexic

1. Noun. A person with alexia.

Generic synonyms: Patient

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
Exact synonyms: Word-blind
Partainyms: Alexia, Word Blindness

Definition of Alexic

1. Adjective. Related to, or afflicted with alexia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alexic

1. word-blind [adj]

Medical Definition of Alexic

1. Pertaining to alexia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexic

alevin
alevins
alew
alewife
alewives
alews
alex
alexander disease
alexanders
alexandrine
alexandrines
alexandrite
alexandrites
alexia
alexias
alexic (current term)
alexical
alexin
alexin unit
alexine
alexines
alexins
alexipharmac
alexipharmacum
alexipharmic
alexipharmical
alexipyretic
alexiteric
alexiterical
alexiterics

Literary usage of Alexic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser (1918)
"Thus Landsteiner and Stankovic,103 and Landsteiner and von Eisler 104 describe the anti-alexic action of various proteins coagulated or precipitated. ..."

2. Studies in Immunity by Jules Bordet (1909)
"On account of its anti-alexic property this antiserum protected, ... The anti-alexic property of such antisera was later studied by several observers. ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1904)
"... and that the alexic action is of the nature of a digestive process, although this is entirely negatived by the experiments of Nolf, Gruber, and others. ..."

4. The Works of Lucian of Samosata: Complete with Exceptions Specified in the by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1905)
"... and then a triple score : Such the quaternion of th' alexic name 1. 1 In I. a of the oracle, the Italic age is the Roman Empire ; the fortress prophet ..."

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