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hyperrecruitment

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + recruitment.

  1. derived from recrutement
  2. prefixed as hyperrecruitment — “hyper + recruitment”

Definitions

  1. An extreme form of recruitment (reduced tolerance of loudness by the inner ear).

    • The right ear has a 40 dB hearing loss with hyperrecruitment.
    • On occasions, hyperrecruitment occurs, in which the defective ear perceives loudness greater than the normal ear to the higher intensity levels.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperrecruitment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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