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conduction deafness

noun

Medical Definition of CONDUCTION DEAFNESS

:  hearing loss or impairment resulting from interference with the transmission of sound waves to the organ of Corti—called also conductive deafness, transmission deafness; compare central deafness, nerve deafness

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