cretinism

cretin +‎ -ism

cretinism (countable and uncountable, plural cretinisms)

1. (pathology) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
   • 1922, W. G. Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology‎, 9th edition, page 69:

     Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.

• congenital iodine deficiency syndrome

• hypothyroidism

• cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• termicins

Borrowed from French crétinisme.

cretinism n (uncountable)

1. cretinism
2. idiocy

• cretin