dystypia

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noun

Disordered or garbled typing associated with medical events like a stroke.

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Meanings

noundystypia (countable and uncountable, plural dystypias)

plural dystypias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineDisordered or garbled typing associated with medical events like a stroke.
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    Stroke recognition remains a barrier to care in cerebrovascular disease. Despite an increasing reliance on digital communication, the clinical utility of deficits relating to technology remains unexplored. Dystextia and dystypia, terms used to refer to impairments in texting and typing, respectively, may serve as modern indicators of stroke and provide information regarding stroke duration, symptomatology, and etiological diagnosis.

    2019, Amit K. Sharma, Sebastian Fridman, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Luciano A. Sposato, “Dystextia and dystypia as modern stroke symptoms: A case series and literature review”, in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, volume 180, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 25–27

Origin

From dys- + type + -ia.

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