Asperger syndrome

[as-per-ger]

noun Psychiatry.

a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.

Also As·per·ger's syn·drome [as-per-gerz] /ˈæs pər gərz/.

Origin of Asperger syndrome

named after Hans Asperger, 1906–80, Austrian pediatrician, who described it in 1944

Also called As·per·ger's, Asperger's disorder.