ASD

Noun

ASD (countable and uncountable, plural ASDs)

1. Initialism of average standard deviation.
2. Initialism of actual ship date.
3. Initialism of after-school detention.
4. Initialism of atrial septal defect.
5. Initialism of autism spectrum disorder.
   • 2008, "Scientists Pinpoint Pathway That Impacts Features of Autism", 8 October 2018, R&D Magazine.

     Currently, there are no FDA-approved medications that improve the core symptoms of ASD.

   • 2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 38:

     In the non-ASD population, the incidence of savants is about 1 percent. Why people in the spectrum are more likely to be savants is still a mystery.

6. Initialism of activity support date.
7. Initialism of aircraft statistical data.
8. Initialism of Assistant Secretary of Defense.
9. (seduction community) Initialism of anti-slut defense.

Proper noun

ASD

1. Initialism of Aeronautical Systems Division.

Anagrams

• ADS, Ads, das, DAS, ADs, ad.'s, ads., DSA, AdS, sad, SDA, SAD, ads, DAs, DA's