Asperger's syndrome

 
Pronunciation: /ˈaspəːdʒə(r)z/

noun

[mass noun] Psychiatry
  • a rare and relatively mild autistic disorder characterized by awkwardness in social interaction, pedantry in speech, and preoccupation with very narrow interests.

Origin:

named after Hans Asperger (1906–80), the Austrian psychiatrist who described the condition in 1944