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acalculia

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a·cal·cu·li·a (kl-kyl-)
n.
A form of aphasia characterized by the inability to perform mathematical calculations.

acalculia
[a′kalko̅o̅′lyə]
Etymology: Gk, a, not; L, calculare, to reckon
the inability to perform simple mathematic calculations the patient previously knew. Commonly seen in neurologic disorders, it is assessed by having a patient count forward or backwards or do mental addition or subtraction. See also agraphia, constructional apraxia, dementia, finger agnosia, Gerstmann's syndrome.

acalculia [a″kal-ku´le-ah]
inability to solve mathematical calculations.

acalculia
Neurology Loss of a facility with arithmetic calculation


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