cretinism
cretinism · cretinisms
A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated…A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, countable, uncountable)A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Kretinismus
кретини́змkretinízm
More definitions
- severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
Translations
8 languagesРусский
disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth:
Deutsch
disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth:
Forms
plural: cretinisms| Singular | cretinism |
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Synonyms
1 synonymscongenital iodine deficiency syndrome
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable