| NOUN | cognition | autism | (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self |
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| Sounds | ao'tih.zahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | (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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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Narrower | infantile autism | A rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness / responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits |
| Broader | syndrome | A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease |
| Spanish | autismo | |
| Catalan | autisme | |
| Adjectives | autistic | characteristic of or affected with autism |
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