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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Amentia
//eɪˈmɛnʃə//
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Bulgarian
1 entries- вродено слабоумие noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
German
2 entries- Amentia noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
- Schwachsinn noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
Italian
1 entries- amenza noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
Polish
1 entries- amencja noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
Portuguese
1 entries- amência noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
Russian
2 entries- аме́нция noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
- слабоу́мие noun (the state of being mentally handicapped)
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