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stereotypic movement disorder

stereotypic movement disorder noun: a motor disorder with onset in childhood involving restrictive or repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging), that markedly interferes with normal activities or results in bodily injury.

Noun

stereotypic movement disorder (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypic movement disorders)

  1. A motor disorder with onset in childhood involving restrictive or repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging), that markedly interferes with normal activities or results in bodily injury.

Forms of stereotypic movement disorder

pluralstereotypic movement disorders

Questions about stereotypic movement disorder

What does stereotypic movement disorder mean?
Stereotypic movement disorder means a motor disorder with onset in childhood involving restrictive or repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging), that markedly interferes with normal activities or results in bodily injury.
What part of speech is stereotypic movement disorder?
Stereotypic movement disorder is a noun.
What is the plural of stereotypic movement disorder?
The plural of stereotypic movement disorder is stereotypic movement disorders.

Words near stereotypic movement disorder in the dictionary

  1. stereotyped
  2. stereotyper
  3. stereotypers
  4. stereotypes
  5. stereotypic
  6. stereotypic movement disorder
  7. stereotypical
  8. stereotypicality
  9. stereotypically
  10. stereotypies
  11. stereotyping

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