Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. κώφωσις, f. κωφό-ειν to deafen, f. κωφός dull, dumb, deaf.] Total deafness.
1657. Phys. Dict., Cophosis, is when the hearing is totally gone, so that the patient either heareth no noyse, or if he do, he cannot distinguish.
1706. in Phillips (ed. Kersey).
1853. Wilde, Obs. Aural Surg., 381. Cophosis, or total deafness, coming on gradually, and unaccompanied by any symptom but noise in the ear.
1872. J. H. Bennett, Text-bk. Phys., 364. Loss of motion or sensibility in a limited part of the body, or confined to a special sense, as in lead palsy, or in amaurosis, cophosis, [etc.].
