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A learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Some educators think requiring students with dyscalculia to study math in high school is a mistake because the dyscalculic students are unlikely to be capable of learning math.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: learning disorder, learning disability
From dys- (from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)) + calculate (from Latin calculare).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
дискалкулия
(diskalkulija)
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Catalan:
discalcúlia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Czech:
dyskalkulie
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Danish:
talblindhed
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Danish:
dyskalkuli
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Dutch:
dyscalculie
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Estonian:
düskalkuulia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Estonian:
düsmatemaatika
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Finnish:
dyskalkulia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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French:
dyscalculie
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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German:
Dyskalkulie
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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German:
Rechenschwäche
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Hungarian:
diszkalkulia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Hungarian:
számolászavar
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Icelandic:
talnablinda
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Icelandic:
reikniblinda
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Italian:
discalculia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dyskalkuli
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tallblindhet
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Polish:
dyskalkulia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Polish:
dyskalkulia rozwojowa
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Portuguese:
discalculia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Russian:
дискалькули́я
(diskalʹkulíja)
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Serbo-Croatian:
diskalkulija
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Spanish:
discalculia
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Swedish:
dyskalkyli
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
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Vietnamese:
chứng khó học toán
— pathology: difficulty with numbers
