asperger's syndrome

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   a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior

   Broadermental disorder

Questions about asperger's syndrome

What does asperger's syndrome mean?

asperger's syndrome means "a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior".

Is asperger's syndrome a common word?

asperger's syndrome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.