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Definition of Deafnesses
1. deafness [n] - See also: deafness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deafnesses
Literary usage of Deafnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"When we come to the symptomatic distinction between this and the catarrhal as
well as the ceruminous deafnesses, the contrast is in every way remarkable. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"On the Varieties of deafnesses,' London, 1829, 8vo. 3. ' A few Minutes' Advice
to Deaf Persons,' London, 1839,12mo. 4. ' Deafness and Diseases of the Ear: ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"... are headaches, deafnesses, cerebral congestions, meningitis, cerebritis, and
epilepsy ; that idiocy or madness often terminates this series of evils, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"... by reflexion of the pulses of sound in their passage to the membrana tympani.
It is highly probable that slight deafnesses, such as are occasion- ..."
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