mutism
/myoo-tiz-uhm/US // ˈmyu tɪz əm //UK // (ˈmjuːtɪzəm) //
缄默症,失语症,静默症,缄默病
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Psychiatry.
- : an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, conscious refusal, or psychogenic inhibition.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as instage fright
Synonyms
aphonia失语症,失声症,失失语症,失言症aphonia clericorum无音aphonia paralytica失语症瘫痪,瘫痪症,失语症,瘫痪aphonia paranoica妄想症,偏执性失语症,偏执性失语,幻听症bashfulness腼腆,腼腆的人,胆怯,羞怯buck fever龅牙热,降压热,龅牙热症,龅牙炎butterflies蝴蝶,苍蝇,蚂蚁,蚂蚁们flop sweat甩汗,甩头汗,甩手汗,甩汗水freeze冻结,冻住,冷冻,凝固hysterical aphonia癔症性失语,癔症性失声,癔症性失音,癔症性失语症loss of speech失语,丧失语言能力,失语症,失言mike fright麦克吓人spastic aphonia痉挛性失语,痉挛性失语症,痉挛性失声,痉挛性失音
Examples
In fact we are tempted to jump at the conclusion that consanguinity is in itself a cause of deaf-mutism.
Dumb walls merely, their mutism leaves large scope to imagination, and one may conjecture any but the right thing.
Even if the patient recovers, whether as the result of operation or not, deaf-mutism or mental deficiency frequently occurs.
A very complete family history showing deaf-mutism is given in Fig. 21.
Cousin Primitivo himself, with all the wisdom of the ancients, could not draw him out of his mutism.
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