Found 2 items, similar to deafness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deafness deafness n : partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: hearing loss]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deafness Deafness \Deaf"ness\, n. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. [1913 Webster] Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve. [1913 Webster]