INFANTILE AUTISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits

Example:

there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("infantile autism" is a kind of...):

autism ((psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people)

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