cretinism

cretinism

English

Etymology

cretin +‎ -ism

Noun

cretinism (countable and uncountable, plural cretinisms)

1. (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, ninth 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.

Synonyms

• congenital iodine deficiency syndrome

Translations

disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth

Chinese: Mandarin: 先天性碘缺乏症候群 (xiāntiānxìng diǎn quēfá zhènghòuqún) Czech: kretenismus (cs) m Finnish: kretinismi (fi) French: crétinisme (fr) m German: Kretinismus (de) m Greek: κρετινισμός (el) m (kretinismós) Polish: kretynizm m Romanian: cretinism (ro) n Russian: кретини́зм (ru) (kretinízm) Spanish: cretinismo (es) Turkish: kretinizm

See also

• hypothyroidism

Further reading

• cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• termicins

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétinisme.

Noun

cretinism n (uncountable)

1. cretinism
2. idiocy

Related terms

• cretin