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Definition: ADHD |
ADHDNoun1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ADHD | English | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ADHDSynonyms: attention deficit disorder (n), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (n), hyperkinetic syndrome (n), minimal brain damage (n), minimal brain dysfunction (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: ADHD |
| Specialty definitions using "ADHD": cognitive behavioural therapy. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For many individuals, the impact of ADHD continues into adulthood. (references) | |
Methodological problems preclude precise estimates of the cost of ADHD to society. (references) | ||
Families of children impaired by the symptoms of ADHD are in a very difficult position. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adhd | 3,695 |
adhd adult | 291 |
add adhd | 211 |
adhd medication | 210 |
adhd symptom | 80 |
treatment for adhd | 71 |
adhd diet | 70 |
adhd in adult | 64 |
adhd and child | 61 |
adhd test | 52 |
adhd apnea sleep | 42 |
adhd fraud | 37 |
adhd drug | 35 |
adhd school | 33 |
adhd cause | 31 |
adhd medicine | 29 |
adhd summer camp | 28 |
adhd testing | 27 |
adhd camp | 25 |
history of adhd | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-h" | |
-1 letter: add, dad, dah, had. | |
-2 letters: ad, ah, ha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-h" | |
+1 letter: haded, hodad. | |
+2 letters: daledh, dashed, handed, headed, hodads, keddah, saddhu, shaded. | |
+3 letters: adhered, athodyd, caddish, cheddar, chuddah, chuddar, daledhs, deashed, diehard, faddish, godhead, haddest, haddock, handled, hoarded, hodaddy, hydatid, kaddish, keddahs, khaddar, maddish, redhead, saddhus, sraddha. | |
+4 letters: acidhead, adherend, aldehyde, athodyds, baldhead, beheaded, cheddars, chuddahs, chuddars, coheaded, dandyish, deadhead, deathbed, deckhand, detached, diehards, dihedral, dockhand, dopehead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, godheads, haddocks, handheld, handhold, handmade, handmaid, hardedge, hardened, hardhead, hardwood, hazarded, headband, headland, headwind, headword, hebdomad, heralded, hydatids, hydracid, hydrated, khaddars, ladyhood, maidhood, rawhided, redheads, shaddock, shadowed, sraddhas, threaded, unhanded, unshaded. | |
+5 letters: acidheads, adherends, adhibited, adulthood, airheaded, aldehydes, aldehydic, anhydride, baldheads, bandwidth, bigheaded, caddishly, dachshund, dashboard, deadheads, deadlight, deathbeds, debauched, decahedra, deckhands, dehydrate, dichondra, dihedrals, dockhands, dopeheads, draughted, dropheads, drumheads, dumbheads, eggheaded, fatheaded, hacendado, hagridden, hamadryad, handhelds, handholds, handmaids, handseled, handstand, hardboard, hardbound, hardedges, hardheads, hardihood, hardstand, hardwired, hardwoods, headbands, headboard, headdress, headlands, headlined, headstand, headwinds, headwords, hebdomads, hendiadys, hodaddies, holidayed, hotheaded, husbanded, hydathode, hydracids, hydrazide, kaddishes, kaddishim, ladyhoods, maidhoods, offhanded, pigheaded, pinheaded, redheaded, rehandled, sapheaded, shaddocks, thirdhand, towheaded, underhand, uphoarded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 44 48 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .... -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000100 01001000 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A D H D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0044 0048 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35384238 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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