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word-deafness

word-deafness noun: auditory aphasia, a condition in which the patient hears words but cannot understand them.

Noun

word-deafness (uncountable)

  1. Auditory aphasia, a condition in which the patient hears words but cannot understand them.

Origin of word-deafness

From word + deafness. Compare word blindness.

Questions about word-deafness

What does word-deafness mean?
Word-deafness means auditory aphasia, a condition in which the patient hears words but cannot understand them.
What part of speech is word-deafness?
Word-deafness is a noun.

Words near word-deafness in the dictionary

  1. word-blind
  2. word-blindness
  3. word-bound
  4. word-break
  5. word-breaks
  6. word-deafness
  7. word-final
  8. word-for-word
  9. word-form
  10. word-formation
  11. word-formational

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