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"word": "stress deafness"
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"word": "urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "صَمَم"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xlutʻyun",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "խլություն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "hluxatá",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухата́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gluhotá",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухота́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sordesa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "聾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lóng",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "聋"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hluchota"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "døvhed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doofheid"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "kurtus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "kuurous"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surdité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"completive",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taubheit"
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{
"code": "de",
"english": "complete or partial",
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"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gehörlosigkeit"
},
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"code": "de",
"english": "partial",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwerhörigkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"technical",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "Surditas"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kófosi",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κώφωση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kofótita",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωφότητα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōphótēs",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωφότης"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khershut",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חירשות"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bahrāpan",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "बहरापन"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Daabheet"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Daabheit"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bodhaire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sordità"
},
{
"alt": "なんちょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nanchō",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "難聴"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kereñdık",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "кереңдік"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surditās"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kurlums"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gluvost",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глувост"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "kepekakan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "ketulian"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "døvhet"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēafu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sağırlık",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "صاغرلق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâšenavâyi",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "ناشنوایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "głuchota"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surdez"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gluxotá",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухота́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buidhre"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "глуво̀ћа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"Serbian",
"feminine"
],
"word": "глувост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухо̀ћа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Bosnian",
"Croatian",
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluvòća"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"Serbian",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluvost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluhòća"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
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"Croatian",
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluhost"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surdania"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hluchota"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluhota"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sordera"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "ulemavu wa kusikia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dövhet"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "cevuḍu",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "చెవుడు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ceviṭitanaṁ",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "చెవిటితనం"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"word": "sağırlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hluxotá",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глухота́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hlúxistʹ",
"sense": "condition of being deaf",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глу́хість"
}
],
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"Hearing impairment"
],
"word": "deafness"
}
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