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noxacusis

noxacusis noun: the painful perception of sounds due to a decreased auditory threshold.

Noun

noxacusis (uncountable)

  1. The painful perception of sounds due to a decreased auditory threshold.

Origin of noxacusis

From Latin noxa (“harm”) + -acusis.

Questions about noxacusis

What does noxacusis mean?
Noxacusis means the painful perception of sounds due to a decreased auditory threshold.
What part of speech is noxacusis?
Noxacusis is a noun.

Words near noxacusis in the dictionary

  1. nowy
  2. Nowy Sącz
  3. Nowy Targ
  4. nox
  5. noxa
  6. noxacusis
  7. noxae
  8. noxal
  9. noxally
  10. Noxen
  11. noxious

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