Cretinism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cretinism \Cre"tin*ism\ (kr[=e]"t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n. [F.
     cr['e]tinisme.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cretinism
       n : severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental
           stunting

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cretinism":
     acromegaly, amentia, arrested development, backwardness,
     blithering idiocy, choriocarcinoma, diabetes, diabetes insipidus,
     diabetes mellitus, dwarfism, giantism, half-wittedness,
     hyperglycemia, hyperparathyroidism, hypo-ovarianism,
     hypothyroidism, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism,
     insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap,
     mental retardation, mongolianism, mongolism, mongoloid idiocy,
     moronism, moronity, panhypopituitarism, pheochromocytoma,
     profound idiocy, retardation, retardment, sexual precocity,
     simple-wittedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity,
     subnormality, thyrotoxicosis, toxic goiter