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deafblindness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdɛf.blaɪn(d).nɪs/

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noun

Meaning 1

The medical condition of being both deaf and blind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Rights of access,facilities,services and premises (2002) p. 68. Account should also be taken of people with multiple communication disabilities, such as deafblindness or combined speech and hearing disabilities.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English deafblind Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deafblindness From deafblind + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sordceguesa — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Danish: døvblindhed — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Dutch: doofblindheid — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Finnish: kuurosokeus — condition of being deaf and blind
  • French: surdicécité — condition of being deaf and blind
  • German: Taubblindheit — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: døvblindhet — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Polish: głuchoślepota — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Serbo-Croatian: gluhosljepoća — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Spanish: sordoceguera — condition of being deaf and blind
  • Swedish: dövblindhet — condition of being deaf and blind