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Mutism

noun
1.
The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak.  Synonym: muteness.



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deaf-mutism


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"Mutism" Quotes from Famous Books



... deaf-mutism, clubfoot, and transposition of viscera are also reported as of commoner occurrence in men than in women.[54] Lombroso states that congenital criminals are more frequently male than female.[55] Cunningham noted an eighth (true) ...
— Sex and Society • William I. Thomas
... the child makes no attempt at speech, suspicions should be aroused concerning mutism or other serious nervous defects. Medical ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler


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