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deaf-mute



Pronunciation: (def'myOOt'), [key] Often Offensive.

—adj.
unable to hear and speak.

—n.
a person who is unable to hear and speak, esp. one in whom inability to speak is due to congenital or early deafness.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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