Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/dɪsˈpɹæksiə/ · noun
(neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements..
Many people with dyspraxia have difficulty with tying shoelaces.
It is not clearly known what causes dyspraxia. It appears to be a developmental delay specifically in areas affecting motor function, which may involve gross motor, fine motor or articulatory skills. Some dyspraxic children also have other learning difficulties, while some are of average or above-average intelligence.
Use dyspraxia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dyspraxia means (neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements..
Common synonyms include developmental coordination disorder.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Many people with dyspraxia have difficulty with tying shoelaces.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.