Asperger's syndrome

English

Etymology

Named after Hans Asperger + syndrome.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæs.pɜː.dʒɜz ˈsɪn.dɹəʊm/

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• (US) IPA: /ˈæsˌp˭ɹ̩ɡɹ̩z ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

Noun

Asperger’s syndrome (countable and uncountable; plural Asperger's syndromes)

1. (uncountable, neurology) An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by restricted, repetitive, pedantic and stereotyped activities, interests, speech and routines.
2. (countable) A person diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

Synonyms

• (syndrome): AS, Aspie
• (person diagnosed with syndrome): Aspie

See also

• autism
• learning disability
• PDD
• pervasive developmental disorder

Translations

autism related developmental disorder

• Afrikaans: Aspergersindroom (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞斯伯格症候群 (cmn), 亚斯伯格症候群 (cmn) (Yàsībógé zhènghòuqún)

• Czech: Aspergerův syndrom (cs) m
• Danish: Aspergers syndrom (da)
• Dutch: syndroom van Asperger (nl)
• Estonian: Aspergeri sündroom (et)
• Finnish: Aspergerin syndrooma (fi), Aspergerin oireyhtymä (fi)
• French: syndrome d'Asperger (fr) m
• German: Asperger-Syndrom (de) n
• Greek: σύνδρομο Asperger (el) (síndromo Asperger)
• Hungarian: Asperger-syndroma (hu)

• Icelandic: Asperger helkenni (is)
• Japanese: アスペルガー症候群 (ja) (Asuperugā shōkōgun)
• Latvian: Aspergera sindroms (lv)
• Lithuanian: Aspergerio sindromas (lt)
• Persian: نشانگان آسپرگر (fa) (nešânegân-e âsperger)
• Polish: zespół Aspergera (pl) m
• Romanian: sindromul Asperger (ro)
• Russian: синдром Аспергера (ru) (sindróm Aspérgera) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Aspergerov sindrom (sh) m
• Spanish: síndromo de Asperger (es) m
• Swedish: Aspergers syndrom (sv) n
• Turkish: Asperger sendromu (tr)

External links

• Asperger syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Asperger syndrome