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cre⋅tin⋅ism

  [kreet-n-iz-uhm or, especially Brit., kret-]
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–noun Pathology.
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F crétinisme. See cretin, -ism
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cre·tin·ism   (krēt'n-ĭz'əm)   
n.  A congenital condition caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormone during prenatal development and characterized in childhood by dwarfed stature, mental retardation, dystrophy of the bones, and a low basal metabolism. Also called congenital myxedema.
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Main Entry: cre·tin·ism
Pronunciation: -&n-"iz-&m
Function: noun
: a usually congenital abnormal condition marked byphysical stunting and mental retardation and caused by severe thyroid deficiency called also infantile myxedema
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cretinism cre·tin·ism (krēt'n-ĭz'əm)
n.
A congenital condition due to thyroid hormone deficiency during fetal development and marked in childhood by dwarfed stature, mental retardation, dystrophy of the bones, and a low basal metabolism. Also called congenital myxedema, cretinoid dysplasia.

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