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cretinism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English cretin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English cretinism From cretin + -ism.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
   • Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France. 1922, W. G. Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 9th edition, page 69:

Forms

Relateds

hypothyroidism

Synonyms

congenital iodine deficiency syndrome

Translations (14)

cmn 先天性碘缺乏症候群 (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · pl kretynizm (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · tr kretinizm (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · pt cretinismo (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · ro cretinism (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · ru кретини́зм (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · fr crétinisme (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · ca cretinisme (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · it cretinismo (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · es cretinismo (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · fi kretinismi (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · de Kretinismus (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · cs kretenismus (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth) · el κρετινισμός (disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth)