Definition of Cretinism

1. Noun. Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting.

Generic synonyms: Hypothyroidism
Derivative terms: Cretinous

Definition of Cretinism

1. n. A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

Definition of Cretinism

1. Noun. (disease) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cretinism

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Medical Definition of Cretinism

1. Stunted body growth and mental development appearing in the first years of life resulting the inappropriate development of the thymus gland or inadequate maternal intake of iodine during gestation. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretinism

cresylate
cresylic
cresylic acid
cresyls
creta
cretaceously
cretan dittany
crete dittany
cretic
cretics
cretinise
cretinised
cretinises
cretinising
cretinisms
cretinistic
cretinize
cretinized
cretinizes
cretinizing
cretinoid
cretinous
cretins
cretism
cretisms
cretonne
cretonnes
creutzer

Literary usage of Cretinism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the nervous system: A Text-book of Neurology and Psychiatry by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Cretinism.—This is a broad, general term applied to a combination of physical ... Such a loss may occur sporadically, sporadic cretinism, from causes to be ..."

2. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1905)
"In perusing the various text-books and monographs upon Cretinism, an interest in the subject having recently been aroused by two cases of sporadic cretinism ..."

3. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"Enzootic Cretinism in Animals. In regions where endemic cretinism occurs in man (especially in the enclosed valleys of the Alps, Pyrenees, in Franconia and ..."

4. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart (1899)
"The most important feature of the morbid anatomy of cretinism is absence or some ... The diagnosis of cretinism is usually easy, but it is not difficult to ..."

5. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"Cretinism.—Cretinism is a chronic affection which is characterized by a defective ... Endemic Cretinism.—Endemic cretinism occurs in certain districts >f ..."

6. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1918)
"FLUCTUATIONS OF Cretinism. Endemic cretinism is subject to the same fluctuations as goiter. Ewald states that in the German Black Forest, ..."

7. Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society by Massachusetts Medical Society (1901)
"OSLER defines cretinism as " a chronic disease of nutrition due to loss or impairment of function of the thyroid gland. It causes a retardation of ..."

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