different between dyspraxia vs apraxia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (duspraxí?, “ill success, ill luck”), after the pattern of apraxia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?p?æksi?/
• Hyphenation: dys?prax?ia

Noun

dyspraxia (countable and uncountable, plural dyspraxias)

1. (medicine) 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 for the planning of motor movements.

Derived terms

• dyspraxic

Translations

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (apraxía, “inaction”), from ?- (a-, “without”) +? ?????? (prâxis, “activity”) +? -?? (-ía, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?æks??/

Noun

apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.

Translations

See also

• praxis
• avolition

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Portuguese

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia (disorder of motor planning)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (apraxía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?a?sja/, [a?p?a??.sja]
• Hyphenation: a?pra?xia

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia

Derived terms

• apráxico

Further reading

• “apraxia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.