cretinism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English cretin

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English cretinism

From cretin + -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cretinism (countable and uncountable, plural cretinisms)

1. (medicine, archaic) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
   • 1922, W. G. Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology‎^[1], 9th edition, page 69:

     Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.

Synonyms

• congenital iodine deficiency syndrome

Translations

disease of severely stunted physical and mental growth

• Catalan: cretinisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先天性碘缺乏症候群 (xiāntiānxìng diǎn quēfá zhènghòuqún)

• Czech: kretenismus (cs) m
• Finnish: kretinismi (fi)
• French: crétinisme (fr) m
• German: Kretinismus (de) m
• Greek: κρετινισμός (el) m (kretinismós)
• Italian: cretinismo (it) m
• Polish: kretynizm m
• Portuguese: cretinismo m
• Romanian: cretinism (ro) n
• Russian: кретини́зм (ru) (kretinízm)
• Spanish: cretinismo (es)
• Turkish: kretinizm

See also

• hypothyroidism

Further reading

• cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• termicins

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétinisme. By surface analysis, cretin +‎ -ism.

Noun

cretinism n (uncountable)

1. cretinism
2. idiocy