Preferred Name |
Dyslexia |
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Synonyms |
Reading disability |
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Definitions |
A learning disorder characterized primarily by difficulties in learning to read and spell. Dyslectic children also exhibit a tendency to read words from right to left and to confuse letters such as b and d whose orientation is important for their identification. Children with dyslexia appear to be impaired in phonemic skills (the ability to associate visual symbols with the sounds they represent). |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010522 |
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creation date |
2009-09-20T11:19:24Z |
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creator | ||
database_cross_reference |
MSH:D004410 UMLS:C0476254 SNOMEDCT_US:9236007 SNOMEDCT_US:52824009 SNOMEDCT_US:59770006 |
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definition |
A learning disorder characterized primarily by difficulties in learning to read and spell. Dyslectic children also exhibit a tendency to read words from right to left and to confuse letters such as b and d whose orientation is important for their identification. Children with dyslexia appear to be impaired in phonemic skills (the ability to associate visual symbols with the sounds they represent). |
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has exact synonym |
Reading disability |
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has_alternative_id |
HP:0006871 |
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id |
HP:0010522 |
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label |
Dyslexia |
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notation |
HP:0010522 |
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prefLabel |
Dyslexia |
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subClassOf |