Phrase guide

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ADHD, A.D.H.D., hyperkinetic disorder

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: syndrome

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: diqqət çatışmazlığı və hiperaktivlik pozuntusu — developmental disorder
  • Azerbaijani: DÇHP — developmental disorder
  • Catalan: trastorn per dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat — developmental disorder
  • Catalan: TDAH — developmental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注意力不足過動症 /注意力不足过动症 (zhùyìlì bùzú guòdòng zhèng) — developmental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注意力缺失症 (zhùyìlì quēshī zhèng) — developmental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多動症 /多动症 (duōdòngzhèng) — developmental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注意缺陷多動症 /注意缺陷多动症 (zhùyì quēxiàn duōdòngzhèng) — developmental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注意力缺陷多動障礙 /注意力缺陷多动障碍 (zhùyìlì quēxiàn duōdòng zhàng'ài) — developmental disorder
  • Danish: ADHD — developmental disorder
  • Esperanto: atentomanka-hiperaktiva perturbo — developmental disorder
  • Esperanto: AHP — developmental disorder
  • Finnish: tarkkaavaisuus- ja ylivilkkaushäiriö — developmental disorder
  • Finnish: ADHD — developmental disorder
  • Finnish: aktiivisuuden ja tarkkaavaisuuden häiriö — developmental disorder
  • French: TDAH — developmental disorder
  • French: trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité — developmental disorder
  • German: Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung — developmental disorder
  • German: ADHS — developmental disorder
  • Greek: διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής/υπερκινητικότητας (diatarachí elleimmatikís prosochís/yperkinitikótitas) — developmental disorder
  • Greek: ΔΕΠΥ (DEPY) — developmental disorder
  • Hebrew: הפרעת קשב ופעלתנות־יתר (hafraát késhev ufaaltanút yeter) — developmental disorder
  • Hebrew: הפרעת קשב (hafraát késhev) — developmental disorder
  • Hebrew: הפרעת קשב וריכוז (hafraát késhev verikúz) — developmental disorder
  • Icelandic: athyglisbrestur og ofvirkni — developmental disorder
  • Indonesian: gangguan pemusatan perhatian dan hiperaktivitas — developmental disorder
  • Japanese: 注意欠陥・多動性障害 — developmental disorder
  • Japanese: ADHD (ADHD) — developmental disorder
  • Navajo: áłchíní chʼééh nidaah da łeh, bichʼįʼ yátiʼ ndi háadishį́į́ nitsékees doo — developmental disorder
  • Occitan: treble per deficit d'atencion amb iperactivitat — developmental disorder
  • Polish: ADHD — developmental disorder
  • Polish: zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z deficytem uwagi — developmental disorder
  • Polish: zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z brakiem koncentracji uwagi — developmental disorder
  • Polish: zaburzenia hiperkinetyczne — developmental disorder
  • Portuguese: transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade — developmental disorder
  • Portuguese: transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade — developmental disorder
  • Portuguese: TDAH — developmental disorder
  • Russian: синдро́м дефици́та внима́ния и гиперакти́вности (sindróm deficíta vnimánija i giperaktívnosti) — developmental disorder
  • Russian: СДВГ (SDVG) — developmental disorder
  • Spanish: trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad — developmental disorder
  • Spanish: TDAH — developmental disorder
  • Swedish: adhd — developmental disorder
  • Swedish: damp — developmental disorder
  • Turkish: dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu — developmental disorder
  • Turkish: DEHB — developmental disorder
  • Ukrainian: ро́злад дефіци́ту ува́ги та гіперакти́вності (rózlad deficýtu uváhy ta hiperaktývnosti) — developmental disorder
  • Ukrainian: РДУГ (RDUH) — developmental disorder
  • Welsh: anhwylder diffyg canolbwyntio a gorfywiogrwydd — developmental disorder