Look up: mutism

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   mutism
   [n] - the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Mutism
   Mutism: The inability or unwillingness to speak. A person who is mute cannot or does not care to talk. Someone who was mute was said to be dumb, not in the sense of being stupid, but in the sense of being devoid of the power of speech. The term 'mutism' is specifically applied to people who, due to profound congenital (or early) deafness, are unabl ...
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   mutism
   lack of the faculty of speech Category: Medicine
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Mutism
   Mut'ism noun The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech. Max Müller.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/121
   
   
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   mutism
   Inability or refusal to speak. ... Origin: L. Mutus = unable to speak, inarticulate ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   mutism
   muteness noun the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; `her muteness was a consequence of her deafness`
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   mutism
   (mu´tiz-әm) inability or refusal to speak, most often because deafness has prevented the person from hearing the spoken word. Speech is learned by imitating the speech of others. The child who is born with normal hearing and then loses it may lose part or all of the power of speech through loss of contact with the...
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   Mutism
   • (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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   mutism
   (from the article `speech disorder`) Profound or total deafness going back to early childhood without special training inevitably leads to deaf-mutism, the absence of oral language ... Spanish Benedictine monk believed to have been the first person to develop a method for teaching deaf-mutes.[2 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/145
   
   
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    mutism
    (L. mutus unable to speak, inarticulate) inability or refusal to speak.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/
    
    
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    mutism
    mutism 1. The inability to speak. 2. A refusal to speak either at all times or on specific occasions, which may indicate trauma or stress.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf