loading...| Preferred Name |
Dyslexia |
| Synonyms |
Reading disability |
| 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). |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010522 |
| creation_date |
2009-09-20T11:19:24Z |
| creator | |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0476254 SNOMEDCT_US:59770006 SNOMEDCT_US:52824009 SNOMEDCT_US:9236007 MSH:D004410 |
| 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). |
| has_alternative_id |
HP:0006871 |
| has_exact_synonym |
Reading disability |
| has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
| id |
HP:0010522 |
| label |
Dyslexia |
| notation |
HP:0010522 |
| prefLabel |
Dyslexia |
| treeView | |
| subClassOf |