cretinism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cretinism
    n 1: severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental
         stunting
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cretinism \Cre"tin*ism\ (kr[=e]"t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n. [F.
   cr['e]tinisme.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cretinism":
      acromegaly, amentia, arrested development, backwardness,
      blithering idiocy, choriocarcinoma, diabetes, diabetes insipidus,
      diabetes mellitus, dwarfism, giantism, half-wittedness,
      hyperglycemia, hyperparathyroidism, hypo-ovarianism,
      hypothyroidism, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism,
      insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap,
      mental retardation, mongolianism, mongolism, mongoloid idiocy,
      moronism, moronity, panhypopituitarism, pheochromocytoma,
      profound idiocy, retardation, retardment, sexual precocity,
      simple-wittedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity,
      subnormality, thyrotoxicosis, toxic goiter
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