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Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome is the alternative form of Asperger's syndrome.

Meaning of Asperger's syndrome

Noun

Asperger's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A developmental disorder characterised by the autistic symptoms of sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines but yet typically no impairment in the instrumental use of language nor intellectual disability.

Questions about Asperger syndrome

What is Asperger syndrome the alternative form of?
Asperger syndrome is the alternative form of Asperger's syndrome.

Words near Asperger syndrome in the dictionary

  1. asperflavin
  2. asperfuranone
  3. asperge
  4. asperged
  5. asperger
  6. Asperger syndrome
  7. Asperger's
  8. Asperger's syndrome
  9. Aspergerian
  10. Aspergerians
  11. aspergers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Asperger syndrome (page history and authors); Asperger's syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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