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infantile autism

DEFINITIONS OF: infantile autism

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n a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits

“there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism”
Type of:
autism
(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
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