deaf-mute
adjective
unable to hear and speak.
deaf-mutism
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a word derived from
deaf-mute.
Example Sentences
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That same year, the festival circuit saw a markedly similar film structured around deaf-mutism – albeit to slightly lesser results, the Antz to Don’t Breathe’s A Bug’s Life.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2018
But so-called congenital deaf-mutism is actually a misnomer because inborn defects of the vocal cords that make speech impossible are almost unknown.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact we are tempted to jump at the conclusion that consanguinity is in itself a cause of deaf-mutism.
From Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by George B. Louis Arner
The deaf-mutism here considered is the result of congenital conditions not produced by disease.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
It thus resembles congenital cataract, deaf-mutism, the susceptibility to tuberculous infection, etc.
From The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
