autism

n [U] (psychology 心) serious mental illness, esp of children, in which one becomes unable to communicate or form relationships with others 自向症, 孤独症（严重的精神病, 尤见於儿童, 患者无法与他人交往）.

aut(o)-, authentic, authentically, authenticate, authenticity, author, authoress, authorise, authoritarian, authoritarianism, authoritative, authoritatively, authorities, authority, authorization, authorization, -isation, authorize, authorize, authorise, authorized, authorship, autistic, auto, auto-suggestion, autobahn, autobiographic, autobiography, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic, autocratically, autocross, Autocue, autograph, automat, automate, automatic, automatic pilot, automatic transmission, automatically, automation,