CRETINISM
\kɹˈɛtɪnˌɪzəm], \kɹˈɛtɪnˌɪzəm], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of CRETINISM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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.
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A condition due to congenital lack of thyroid hormone, marked by arrested physical and mental development, dystrophy of the bones and soft parts, and lowered basal metabolism. It is the congenital form of thyroid deficiency, while MYXEDEMA is the acquired form. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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By William R. Warner
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(F.) Cretinisme. An epidemic affection in the low, deep, narrow situations of the Valais; in the valley of Aost, Maurienne, a port of Switzerland, the Pyrenees, Tyrol, &c. It is a state of idiocy, commonly accompanied by an enormous goitre, and is often hereditary. The unfortunate cretin is little better than the animals around him. He rarely attains an advanced age. Like idiocy, cretinism has been divided into complete and incomplete.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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