cretinism
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cretinism (countable and uncountable, plural cretinisms)
- (pathology) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
- 1922, W. G. Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology[1], 9th edition, page 69:
- Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.
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disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Borrowed from French crétinisme.
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cretinism n (uncountable)