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Record 1 1999-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education
DEF

To separate, by a process of testing, those members of a group who may have a particular defect or deficiency (for example, a hearing loss, a deviation from 20/20 vision, or low academic aptitude), or those in whom the presence of tubercle bacilli is discovered from those who do not have that same defect or deficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale

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