cretinism

noun

cre·tin·ism | \ ˈkrē-tᵊn-ˌi-zəm

Definition of cretinism

: a usually congenital condition marked by physical stunting and intellectual disability and caused by severe hypothyroidism

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Even Switzerland, like Bolivia, Nepal and other mountainous countries, once had high rates of goiters and cretinism caused by iodine deficiency, as did low-lying flood-prone areas far from the ocean in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. — Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times, "Should We Be Buying Iodized Salt?," 21 July 2017 In 1997, according to Unicef, almost a fifth of its population had goiters — swollen thyroid glands in the neck that indicate serious deficiency, which can also cause dwarfism and cretinism. — Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times, "How a Tsunami in Japan Endangered Children in Cambodia," 15 May 2017

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cretinism

noun

cre·tin·ism | \ -ᵊn-ˌiz-əm

Medical Definition of cretinism

: a usually congenital condition marked by physical stunting and intellectual disability and caused by severe thyroid deficiency

— called also infantile myxedema

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