a. and sb. rare–0. [f. surdo-, taken as comb. form of L. surdus SURD a. + MUTE a. Cf. mod.L. surdomutitās (Dunglison).] = DEAF-MUTE. So Surdomutism, deaf-mutism.
1880. Nature, 11 March, 459/1. The writer’s object is to prove that surdo-mutism is, in the majority of cases, the immediate result of cerebral lesions, and not due to consanguinity of the parents.
1890. Gould, New Med. Dict., Surdomute … a deaf and dumb person.
