Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
dysgraphia Audio
dys·graph·i·a [ dis-graf-ee-uh ]
Definitions related to dysgraphia:
  • A writing disability in the absence of motor or sensory deficits of the upper extremities, resulting in an impairment in the ability to write regardless of the ability to read and not due to intellectual impairment.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Difficulty in writing.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • Some authorities use this term interchangeably with Agraphia and some do not.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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