mutism
/myoo-tiz-uhm/US // ˈmyu tɪz əm //UK // (ˈmjuːtɪzəm) //
缄默症,失语症,静默症,缄默病
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n.名词 noun
- 1
Psychiatry.
- : an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, conscious refusal, or psychogenic inhibition.
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In fact we are tempted to jump at the conclusion that consanguinity is in itself a cause of deaf-mutism.
Dumb walls merely, their mutism leaves large scope to imagination, and one may conjecture any but the right thing.
Even if the patient recovers, whether as the result of operation or not, deaf-mutism or mental deficiency frequently occurs.
A very complete family history showing deaf-mutism is given in Fig. 21.
Cousin Primitivo himself, with all the wisdom of the ancients, could not draw him out of his mutism.
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