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noun Psychiatry.
a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
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Word Origin & History
Asperger's Syndrome
1981, in ref. to Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger (1906-1980), who described it in 1944. A standard diagnosis since 1992.
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Medical Dictionary
Asperger's syndrome As·per·ger's syndrome (ās'pər-gərz)
n.
A psychiatric disorder, usually of childhood, characterized by impairments in social interactions and repetitive behavior patterns.
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Asperger's syndrome  (ās'pər-gərz) Pronunciation Key
A developmental disorder characterized by impairment in social interactions and repetitive behavior patterns. It is named after its identifier, Austrian psychiatrist Hans Asperger (1906-1980). |
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