Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun infantile_autism

1 sense of infantile autism

Sense 1
infantile autism -- (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")
       => autism -- ((psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people)