Type: Term Pronunciation: aw-tis′tik Definitions: 1. Pertaining to or characterized by autism. 2. A psychological term for an extreme narrowing of relationships to people and the larger world. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=8672
autistic Showing evidence of autism, e.g., a disturbance in psychological development in which use of language, reaction to stimuli, interpretation of the world, and the formation of relationships are not fully established and follow unusual patterns. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/262/2