cretinism (Crossword)
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- Clue: Hypothyroidism
Answer: cretinism
Definitions of “cretinism”
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• Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
• A type of mental retardation and bodily malformation caused by severe
• A congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion
• Cretinism is a disease developed in early childhood due to the absence or deficiency of the thyroid gland or to goitre
• Cretinism: Congenital hypothyroidism (underactivity of the thyroid gland at birth) resulting in growth retardation
• (kret;n-iz;em) A condition caused by insufficient thyroid secretion during prenatal development or the years of early childhood
• Mental retardation due to congenital under-activity or absence of the thyroid gland - The condition is commonest when born far away from the sea
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