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What does cretinism mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
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In a parody of parliamentary cretinism, WP even calls for a Europe-wide constituent assembly!
The severe effects of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, such as anaemia, cretinism and blindness, have long been known.
The ability to prevent cretinism by prompt treatment has led to routine screening for hypothyroidism in newborns.
The remedy was soon 431 after applied to cretinism and its effects were found to be even more wonderful.
If the thyroid gland was at fault we would have either the low mentality commonly spoken of as cretinism, or myxedema.
If the water supply of a goitrous valley be changed to a healthy spring, goitre and cretinism disappear.

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