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AUTISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("autism" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autism"):
infantile autism (a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits)
Derivation:
autistic (characteristic of or affected with autism)
Context examples:
Mutations in the gene may be associated with autism and copy number variation has been observed in patients with schizophrenia.
(NRXN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The affected individual may also exhibit repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior similar to autism.
(Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A spectrum of developmental disorders that includes autism, Asperger syndrome, and Rett syndrome.
(Autism Spectrum Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists determined the structure of the intact NMDA receptor, an ion channel involved in many brain-related illnesses including Alzheimer’s disease, depression, schizophrenia, and autism.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
The six-month-old babies who later went on to a diagnosis of autism had an average of 18% more CSF by volume than those who were not so diagnosed.
(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)
Dr Varun Warrier, who led the study, said: While we have found an association between a genetic likelihood for autism and adverse life events, we cannot conclude the former causes the latter.
(Genetic variants for autism linked to higher rates of self-harm and childhood maltreatment, University of Cambridge)
The wide range of disorders is collectively referred to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
(Gene Disruptions Associated with Autism Risk, NIH)
The researchers found that, compared to the typically developing children, the children with autism had higher skin conductance levels when reading silently, reading aloud, and in the group toy session.
(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder that affects how a person behaves, interacts with others and learns.
(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)
Mutations in the gene are associated with X-linked autism and Asperger's syndrome.
(NLGN4X wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
