Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spectrum disorder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: spec-trum dis-or-der
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.

Example Sentences

"However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom."
"Today, many researchers believe that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder."
"[T]he proportion of relatives shown as affected with schizophrenia actually consists of definite plus uncertain diagnoses of schizophrenia plus a hard-to-define category of "schizophrenia spectrum disorder"."

Inflected Forms

spectrum disorders (plural)

Phrases

autism spectrum disorder

Questions

What does spectrum disorder mean?: A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.

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