autism spectrum

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Noun

the autism spectrum sg (singular only)

1. (psychology) The range of conditions classified as pervasive developmental disorders, generally held to include classic autism, Asperger's syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), and childhood disintegrative disorder.

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
• Hebrew: הרצף האוטיסטי m (harétsef haotísti), הקשת האוטיסטית f (hakéshet haotístit), הספקטרום האוטיסטי m (haspéktrum haotísti)
• 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