sign language
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sign language
A formal language of nonverbal communication based on hand shapes and gestures, facial expressions and movements.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
sign language
Audiology A formal language of nonverbal communication based on hand shapes, facial expressions, and movements. See Americans with Disabilities Act.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
sign lan·guage
(sīn lang'gwăj)A system of manual communication used by the deaf. True sign languages such as American Sign Language (ASL) have a complete representation of morphology, semantics, and syntax.
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