dip|la|cu|sis

dip|la|cu|sis
dip|la|cu|sis «DIHP luh KYOO sihs», noun.
an abnormal condition of hearing in which one tone is heard as if it were two tones of different pitch.
[< New Latin diplacusis < Greek diplóos double + ákousis hearing < akoúein to hear]

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