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MIDDLE-EAR DEAFNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
Synonyms:
conduction deafness; conductive hearing loss; middle-ear deafness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("middle-ear deafness" is a kind of...):
hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)