HyperDic: infantile_autism

English > 1 sense of the expression infantile autism:
NOUNcognitioninfantile autisma rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness / responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits
English > infantile autism: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness / responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits.
Example"there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism"
Broaderautism(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self

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