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A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hypothyroidism
Etymology tree English cretin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English cretinism From cretin + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cretinisme
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Chinese Mandarin:
先天性碘缺乏症候群
(xiāntiānxìng diǎn quēfá zhènghòuqún)
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Czech:
kretenismus
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Finnish:
kretinismi
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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French:
crétinisme
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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German:
Kretinismus
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Greek:
κρετινισμός
(kretinismós)
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Italian:
cretinismo
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Polish:
kretynizm
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Portuguese:
cretinismo
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Romanian:
cretinism
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Russian:
кретини́зм
(kretinízm)
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Spanish:
cretinismo
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth
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Turkish:
kretinizm
— disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth