NDD
NDD is the initialism of nature-deficit disorder.
NDD is the initialism of neurodevelopmental disorder.
Meaning of nature-deficit disorder
Noun
nature-deficit disorder (countable and uncountable, plural nature-deficit disorders)
- A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that they spend little time outdoors.
- Nature-deficit disorder severely hampers, if not fully blocks, development of environmental literacy. Environmental communicators, educators and interpreters talk about their work as an 'antidote' or 'cure' for nature-deficit disorder.2010, Richard R. Jurin, Donny Roush, Jeff Danter, “Developing Your Environmental Literacy”, in Environmental Communication: Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and...
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- NDD
Meaning of neurodevelopmental disorder
Noun
neurodevelopmental disorder (countable and uncountable, plural neurodevelopmental disorders)
- Any of a group of mental conditions affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.
- This supports the broad hypothesis that many of the neurodevelopmental disorders are, to a certain extent, aetiologically linked.2015 August 5, Michael O’Donovan, “Novel genetic advances in schizophrenia: an interview with Michael O’Donovan”, in BMC Medicine, volume 13, →DOI
Questions about NDD
- What is NDD the initialism of?
- NDD is the initialism of nature-deficit disorder.
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