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- noun The condition of being a
deaf-mute .
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Among traits known to be "recessive" are albinism (or lack of pigmentation), a certain degenerative disease of the eye, deafmutism, imbecility, insanity of certain types, certain nervous diseases; also mental traits, such as musical ability.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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