Cretinism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France."

  2. 2
    severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting wordnet

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acromegalyamentiaarrested developmentbackwardnessblithering idiocychoriocarcinoma

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"Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France."

Etymology

From cretin + -ism.

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