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autismlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From autism + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of autism.
   • The idea that vaccines cause autism got a boost in March, when the Centers for Disease Control settled with the parents of 9-year-old Hannah Poling on the grounds that her autismlike symptoms were caused by vaccines that aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder. 2008 May 23, Andrew Solomon, “The Autism Rights Movement”, in New York Magazine:
   • One study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) aimed at the subthalamic nucleus, an area of the brain that holds movements in check, helped suppress excessive self-grooming in two autismlike mouse models. 2017 March 21, Karen Blum, “Self-Harming Behavior in Children with Autism: Can Electroconvulsive Therapy Help?”, in Johns Hopkins Medicine:
   • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates developmental disabilities like autism or autismlike disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome, will strike one in every 150 children, and four out of five of them will be boys. 2009 December 2, ABC News, “Can a New Diet Help Autistic Kids?”, in ABC News:

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