| word vision |
| Definition - The mental capability of understanding written symbols. Notes: 1. This differs from literacy in that you need word-vision capability to even attempt to become literate. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1899: "Visual ideation, more particularly in reference to the association of written symbols with their meaning—that is, *word-vision—is specially impaired by lesion of the left angular gyrus." (Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 313) |
