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neurodevelopmental disorder

neurodevelopmental disorder noun: any of a group of mental conditions affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Noun

neurodevelopmental disorder (countable and uncountable, plural neurodevelopmental disorders)

  1. 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

Forms of neurodevelopmental disorder

pluralneurodevelopmental disorders

Questions about neurodevelopmental disorder

What does neurodevelopmental disorder mean?
Neurodevelopmental disorder means any of a group of mental conditions affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.
What part of speech is neurodevelopmental disorder?
Neurodevelopmental disorder is a noun.
What is the plural of neurodevelopmental disorder?
The plural of neurodevelopmental disorder is neurodevelopmental disorders.

Words near neurodevelopmental disorder in the dictionary

  1. neurodestruction
  2. neurodestructive
  3. neurodeterioration
  4. neurodevelopment
  5. neurodevelopmental
  6. neurodevelopmental disorder
  7. neurodevelopmental disordered
  8. neurodevelopmental disorders
  9. neurodevelopmentally
  10. neurodiagnoses
  11. neurodiagnosis

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