neurodevelopmental disorder

noun

Any of a group of mental conditions affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.

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Meanings

nounneurodevelopmental disorder (countable and uncountable, plural neurodevelopmental disorders)

plural neurodevelopmental disorders

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesAny 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

Translations

Finnish neurologinen kehityshäiriö
  • neurologinen kehityshäiriöa group of mental conditions
Icelandic taugaþroskaröskun
  • taugaþroskaröskuna group of mental conditions
Polish zaburzenie neurorozwojowe
  • zaburzenie neurorozwojowea group of mental conditions
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