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autism | ethan |

As a noun autism

is (clinical psychology) pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.

As a verb ethan is

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autism

English

(wikipedia autism)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (clinical psychology) Pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism .}}
  • (clinical psychology) generalization of the specific to a range

    • Synonyms

    * (autism spectrum) autistic spectrum

    Hyponyms

    (autism spectrum) * Asperger syndrome / Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's / Asperger * autism

    Hypernyms

    * autism * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorder

    Derived terms

    * autistic * autist * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorder

    Coordinate terms

    * on the spectrum

    See also

    * pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), PDD-NOS * disability, handicap * mutism, selective mutism * special education English words suffixed with -ism

    ethan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * :
    • For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
  • * 1889 John Langdon Heaton: The Story of Vermont: p.90 :
    • There have been Ethan' Allen mills, '''Ethan''' Allen stock companies, '''Ethan''' Allen fire companies and ' Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.
  • * 2001 , Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups , ISBN 0375412530, page 88:
    • They would have named him something dignified: Ethan , or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.

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