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specific developmental disorders

disorders in which some distinctive and circumscribed ability or area of functioning fails to develop properly from an early age but the difficulties are not attributable to intellectual disability, autism, or any other condition.

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anthropogenesis

anthropogenesis

n. the scientific study of the origins and development of humans. Also called anthropogeny. —anthropogenetic or anthropogenic adj.