Acalculia

Loss of previously possessed facility with arithmetic calculation.


Loss of the ability to calculate.


Inability to solve mathematical problems.


Acalculia, also known as acquired dyscalculia, is the loss of arithmetic skills due to brain injury. The arithmetic difficulties may involve the reading or writing of numbers or arithmetic signs and misaligning or rotating digits or numbers, as well as inaccurately solving problems requiring calculation. Traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease are the most common causes; however, demyelinating disease, neoplasm, and degenerative disease can also produce acalculia.


A learning or speech disorder characterized by the inability to perform simple arithmetic operations.


Incapacity to perform even basic arithmetic calculations.


 


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