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cretinism noun

  • (medicine, archaic) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
 кретини́зм

cretin noun

  /ˈkɹiːtɪn/ , /ˈkɹɛtɪn/
  • (medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
 крети́н
  • (by extension, pejorative) An idiot.
 крети́н, крети́нка
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