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单词 cretinism
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cre•tin•ism /ˈkritənˌɪzəm/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya condition existing at birth in which a lack of thyroid secretion results in bodily deformity and mental retardation.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cre•tin•ism  (krētn iz′əm or, esp. Brit., kret-),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
  • French crétinisme. See cretin, -ism
  • 1795–1805

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cretinism /ˈkrɛtɪˌnɪzəm/ n
  1. old-fashioned a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and mental retardation
    See also myxoedema
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