OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31546

cretinism

Meanings (ES + gloss)
cretinismo
A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.
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