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Cretinism
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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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