autism spectrum

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Noun

autism spectrum

1. (psychology) The range of conditions classified as pervasive developmental disorders, generally held to include autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Also includes childhood disintegrative disorder and Rett syndrome.

Synonyms

• autistic spectrum

Derived terms

• autism spectrum condition
• autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
• on the spectrum
• spectrumy

Related terms

• autism

Translations

range of conditions

• Catalan: espectre autista m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自闭症谱系 (Zìbìzhèngpǔxì)

• Danish: autistisk spektrum n
• Finnish: autismikirjo (fi)
• Galician: espectro autista m
• Icelandic: einhverfuróf n
• Japanese: 自閉症スペクトラム障害 (ja) (じへいしょうすぺくとらむしょうがい, jiheishō supekutoramu shōgai), 自閉スペクトラム症 (ja) (じへいすぺくとらむしょう, jihei supekutoramu shō)
• Portuguese: espectro autista m
• Swedish: autismspektrumstörning c