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English
Noun
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (uncountable)
- (neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has difficulty to concentrate and a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity.
- Synonyms: ADHD, A.D.H.D., hyperkinetic disorder
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Translations
developmental disorder
- Catalan: trastorn per dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat (ca) m, TDAH (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 注意力不足過動症 / 注意力不足过动症 (zhùyìlì bùzú guòdòng zhèng), 注意力缺失症 (zhùyìlì quēshī zhèng), 多動症 / 多动症 (zh) (duōdòngzhèng), 注意缺陷多動症 / 注意缺陷多动症 (zhùyì quēxiàn duōdòngzhèng), 注意力缺陷多動障礙 / 注意力缺陷多动障碍 (zhùyìlì quēxiàn duōdòng zhàng'ài)
- Danish: ADHD (da) c
- Esperanto: atentomanka-hiperaktiva perturbo, AHP
- Finnish: tarkkaavaisuus- ja ylivilkkaushäiriö, ADHD (fi), aktiivisuuden ja tarkkaavaisuuden häiriö
- French: TDAH (fr) m, trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (fr) m
- German: Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung (de) f, ADHS (de)
- Greek: διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής/υπερκινητικότητας (el) f (diatarachí elleimmatikís prosochís/yperkinitikótitas), ΔΕΠΥ (el) (DEPY)
- Indonesian: gangguan pemusatan perhatian dan hiperaktivitas
- Japanese: 注意欠陥・多動性障害 (ja) (ちゅういけっかん・たどうせいしょうがい, chūikekkan・tadōseishōgai), ADHD (ja) (ADHD)
- Navajo: áłchíní chʼééh nidaah da łeh, bichʼįʼ yátiʼ ndi háadishį́į́ nitsékees doo
- Occitan: treble per deficit d'atencion amb iperactivitat m
- Polish: ADHD (pl) n, zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z deficytem uwagi (pl), zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z brakiem koncentracji uwagi, zaburzenia hiperkinetyczne
- Russian: синдро́м дефици́та внима́ния и гиперакти́вности m (sindróm deficíta vnimánija i giperaktívnosti), СДВГ (SDVG)
- Spanish: trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad, TDAH (es)
- Swedish: adhd c, damp (sv) c (similar diagnosis)
- Turkish: dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu, DEHB (tr)
- Welsh: anhwylder diffyg canolbwyntio a gorfywiogrwydd m
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