CRETINISM


Meaning of CRETINISM in English

/kreet"n iz'euhm/ or, esp. Brit., /kret"-/ , n. Pathol.

a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.

[ 1795-1805; crétinisme. See CRETIN, -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .