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Definition of Deaf-mutism

1. Noun. Congenital deafness that results in inability to speak.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deaf-mutism

Literary usage of Deaf-mutism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"Mygind very tersely expresses the present status of our knowledge on this point in the following words: "deaf-mutism is comparatively frequent among the ..."

2. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1911)
"THE APPLICATION OF EUGENICS TO DEAF- MUTISM. I have now dealt briefly with all the present needs, which would go to make a better system of educational ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"deaf-mutism, while signifying the combined presence of a defect in hearing and an inability to speak, more precisely refers to the condition in which ..."

4. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"deaf-mutism, while signifying the combined presence of a defect in hearing and an inability to speak, more precisely refers to the condition in which ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"occur sufficiently often to be considered in the light of effective causes of deaf mutism, viz., heredity, and consanguinity of ..."

6. Vital Statistics: A Memorial Volume of Selections from the Reports and by William Farr (1885)
"Very little success attended the attempt to ascertain at the Census the number of congenital cases of deaf-mutism, by means of an instruction in the ..."

7. A Manual of Otology by Gorham Bacon (1906)
"In many instances of congenital deaf-mutism the cause is traceable to some ... Acquired deaf-mutism is usually due to some intra- cranial or general disease ..."

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