hyperkinetic syndrome

Questions about hyperkinetic syndrome

What does hyperkinetic syndrome mean?

hyperkinetic syndrome means "a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders".

What is another word for hyperkinetic syndrome?

Close synonyms include attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, minimal brain dysfunction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyperkinetic syndrome a common word?

hyperkinetic 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.