cretinism

[ kreet-n-iz-uhm or, especially British, kret- ]
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nounPathology.
  1. (no longer in technical use) a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and intellectual disability, and often by goiter: This condition is now diagnosed as congenital hypothyroidism or congenital iodine deficiency.

Origin of cretinism

1
First recorded in 1795–1800; from French crétinisme; see cretin, -ism

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cretinism

/ (ˈkrɛtɪˌnɪzəm) /


noun
  1. old-fashioned a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and mental retardation: See also myxoedema

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