pervasive developmental disorder (English, noun)
expansion: pervasive developmental disorder (plural pervasive developmental disorders)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of multiple basic functions including socialization and communication. They were five in the DSM-IV: Asperger syndrome, autism, childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome, and PDD-NOS.
Forms:
form: pervasive developmental disorders
tags: plural