Complete or partial deafness; a medical condition characterized by the loss or severe reduction of hearing ability.
From Greek 'kophós' (deaf) + suffix '-osis' (condition, state of being). The Greek root reflects ancient medical terminology for hearing loss.
The term 'cophosis' appears in ancient Greek medical texts, showing that physicians over 2,000 years ago were already systematically classifying different types of deafness, long before modern audiology existed.
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