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cretin
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cre·tin (krtn)
n.
A person afflicted with cretinism.
cretin·oid (-oid) adj.
cretin·ous (-s) adj.
cretin.
See cretinism.
cretin,
n a thyroid-deficient dwarfed individual with mental subnormality.
cretin
a patient exhibiting cretinism.
cretin
Congenital hypothyroidism Endocrinology A person with defective thyroxine or thyroglobulin synthesis Etiology Goiter, iodine deficiency in the mother while pregnant; thyroid gland defects–aplasia, hypoplasia or dysgenesis Clinical Cold intolerance, serosal effusions, myxedema, ↓ metabolic rate, ↑ cholesterol, profound mental retardation–hypothyroid idiocy, ↓ growth. See Thyroid gland.


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