'Cretinism' definitions:
Definition of 'cretinism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
Definition of 'Cretinism'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'cretinism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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