| Pronunciation: | | d'efnus
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[n] partial or complete loss of hearing |
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DEAFNESS is a 8 letter word that starts with D. |
| | See Also: | | deaf-muteness, deaf-mutism, hearing impairment, hearing loss, tone deafness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Deaf"ness\, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs
which prevents the impression which constitute hearing;
want of the sense of hearing.
2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is
addressed to the understanding.
{Nervous deafness}, a variety of deafness dependent upon
morbid change in some portion of the nervous system,
especially the auditory nerve.
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