CRETINISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cretinism" is a kind of...):

hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)

Derivation:

cretinous (afflicted with cretinism)

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