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单词 acalculia
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Definition of acalculia in English:

acalculia

noun ˌeɪkalˈkjuːlɪəˌākalˈkyo͞olēə
mass nounMedicine
  • Loss of the ability to perform simple calculations, typically resulting from disease or injury of the parietal lobe of the brain.

    〔医〕(尤指由于脑顶叶疾病或损伤而引起的)计算缺失,失算症

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This reported acalculia, specifically anarithmetria, is a feature atypical for the pure syndrome of alexia without agraphia.
    • Denburg and Tranel have described three general categories of acalculia, which are summarized in Table 11-1.
    • Patients with acalculia are unable to perform mathematical calculations, although some other numerical processing may still be available to them.
    • The clinical terms are acalculia, for people like Signora Gaddi who lost her sense of numbers after a stroke, and dyscalculia for people who were born without numbers.
    • This site gives links to pertinent other sites, including on smoker brain damage, especially acalculia, and an overview of the background on the smoking-gambling connection.
    • Testing of acalculia has to encroach both oral and written calculations with clinical and standardized neuropsychological tests.

Origin

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

Definition of acalculia in US English:

acalculia

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

    〔医〕(尤指由于脑顶叶疾病或损伤而引起的)计算缺失,失算症

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Testing of acalculia has to encroach both oral and written calculations with clinical and standardized neuropsychological tests.
    • Patients with acalculia are unable to perform mathematical calculations, although some other numerical processing may still be available to them.
    • The clinical terms are acalculia, for people like Signora Gaddi who lost her sense of numbers after a stroke, and dyscalculia for people who were born without numbers.
    • This reported acalculia, specifically anarithmetria, is a feature atypical for the pure syndrome of alexia without agraphia.
    • This site gives links to pertinent other sites, including on smoker brain damage, especially acalculia, and an overview of the background on the smoking-gambling connection.
    • Denburg and Tranel have described three general categories of acalculia, which are summarized in Table 11-1.

Origin

Early 20th century: from a- ‘not’ + Latin calculare ‘calculate’ + -ia.

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