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Cretinism

Cretinism Meaning & Definition
Cretinism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cretinism?

[n] severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cretinism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cretinism: acromegaly | amentia | arrested development | backwardness | blithering idiocy | choriocarcinoma | diabetes | diabetes insipidus | diabetes mellitus | dwarfism | giantism | half-wittedness | hyperglycemia | hyperparathyroidism | hypo-ovarianism | hypothyroidism | idiocy | idiotism | imbecility | infantilism | insanity | mental defectiveness | mental deficiency | mental handicap | mental retardation | mongolianism | mongolism | mongoloid idiocy | moronism | moronity | panhypopituitarism | pheochromocytoma | profound idiocy | retardation | retardment | sexual precocity | simplemindedness | simpleness | simple-wittedness | simplicity | subnormality | thyrotoxicosis | toxic goiter

See Also | hypothyroidism

Cretinism In Webster's Dictionary

\Cre"tin*ism\ (kr[=e]"t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n. [F. cr['e]tinisme.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

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