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apraxia

noun/əˈpræksiə/

C2CEFR level
93/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An inability to carry out learned purposeful movements despite intact motor and sensory function.

The patient's ideomotor apraxia was evident when he could not mime brushing his teeth on command despite normal strength.

Similar: dyspraxia

Topic: Neurology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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