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deaf-mute

  [def-myoot] Often Offensive.
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–adjective
1. unable to hear and speak.
–noun
2. a person who is unable to hear and speak, esp. one in whom inability to speak is due to congenital or early deafness.
Origin:
1830–40; trans. of F sourd-muet

Related forms:
deaf-muteness, deaf-mutism, noun
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Main Entry: 2deaf–mute
Function: noun
: a person who is deaf-mute
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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deaf-mute (děf'my&oomacr;t')
n.
A person who can neither hear nor speak. No longer in technical use. adj. (děf-my&oomacr;t')
Unable to speak or hear.

deafmutism deaf·mut·ism (děf'my&oomacr;'tĭz'əm)
n.
Inability to hear and speak. No longer in technical use.

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