infantile autism

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   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”

   Broaderautism

Questions about infantile autism

What does infantile autism mean?

infantile autism means "a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits".

Is infantile autism a common word?

infantile autism 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.