n. 白痴病, 呆小症

[医] 呆小病, 愚侏病, 克汀病

[ noun ]
severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
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Cretinism \Cre"tin*ism\ (kr[=e]"t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n. [F.
cr['e]tinisme.]
A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by
physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter),
frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.