Cretinism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CRETINISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a congenital deficiency of thryoxine (thyroid hormone) which, if untreated, can lead to mental retardation and incomplete physical development
• foolishness or stupidity.
• a condition characterized by physical deformity and learning difficulties that is caused by congenital thyroid deficiency.
• 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.
• severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
• old-fashioned word for a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a usually congenital abnormal condition marked by physical stunting and mental retardation and caused by severe hypothyroidism
• condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and mental retardation

Words related to CRETINISM

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Words that contain CRETINISM

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How to use CRETINISM in a sentence

• The whole valley, fifty miles in length, is inhabited by miserable looking people, nearly one half of them being afflicted with goitre and cretinism.
• The particular form of idiocy known as cretinism is the result of this deficiency, which produces an arrest of the development of the brain cells.
• It is distinctly associated with cretinism and its interrupted intellectual development.
• To-day their descendants are not more subject to goitre and cretinism than those dwelling around them, and are recognized by tradition and not by features or physical degeneracy.
• Cretinism seems to be a combination of two diseases, the one physical, the other mental.
• Where is the shady side of deep vallies, there is cretinism.

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