[ 'aspə:dʒəz ]
■ noun Psychiatry a mild autistic disorder characterized by awkwardness in social interaction, pedantry in speech, and preoccupation with very narrow interests.
Origin
1940s: named after the Austrian psychiatrist Hans Asperger .
[ 'aspə:dʒəz ]
■ noun Psychiatry a mild autistic disorder characterized by awkwardness in social interaction, pedantry in speech, and preoccupation with very narrow interests.
Origin
1940s: named after the Austrian psychiatrist Hans Asperger .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004