cre·tin (kr t n)n. A person afflicted with cretinism. cre tin·oid (-oid) adj.cre tin·ous (- s) adj. |
cretin.
See cretinism.
cretin [kre´tin]
old term for a person with cretinism; now considered offensive.
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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