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AUTISTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of or affected with autism

Example:

autistic children

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

autism ((psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The team at the Autism Research Centre analysed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans from more than 150 autistic children and compared them with MRI scans from similarly aged children but who did not have autism.

(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)

We have long known that autism itself is genetic, but by combining these different data sets (brain imaging and genetics) we can now identify more precisely which genes are linked to how the autistic brain may differ.

(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)