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sociocusis

sociocusis noun: hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to relatively low levels of noise, such as traffic or television.

Noun

sociocusis (uncountable)

  1. Hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to relatively low levels of noise, such as traffic or television.

Origin of sociocusis

From socio- + -cusis, alternative form of -acusis.

Questions about sociocusis

What does sociocusis mean?
Sociocusis means hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to relatively low levels of noise, such as traffic or television.
What part of speech is sociocusis?
Sociocusis is a noun.

Words near sociocusis in the dictionary

  1. sociocrats
  2. sociocritical
  3. sociocultural
  4. sociocultural evolutionism
  5. socioculturally
  6. sociocusis
  7. sociocybernetic
  8. sociocybernetics
  9. sociodemographic
  10. sociodemographical
  11. sociodemographically

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