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CRETINISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cretinism" is a kind of...):
hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)
Derivation:
cretinous (afflicted with cretinism)
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