aleksytymia

See also: aleksytymią

Polish

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis) + -tymia.[1] Coined by American psychiatrists John Case Nemiah and Peter E. Sifneos. First attested in 1977.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lɛk.sɨˈtɨ.mja/
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  • Rhymes: -ɨmja
  • Syllabification: a‧lek‧sy‧ty‧mia

Noun

aleksytymia f

  1. (pathology) alexithymia
    syndrom aleksytymiialexithymia syndrome

Declension

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aleksytymia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Psychiatria polska (in Polish), volume 11, 1977, page 272

Further reading

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