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 |
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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 |
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Broader | syndrome | A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease |
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Spanish | autismo |
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Catalan | autisme |
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Adjectives | autistic | characteristic of or affected with autism |
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