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English

Etymology

cretin +? -ism

Noun

cretinism (countable and uncountable, plural cretinisms)

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

Synonyms

• congenital iodine deficiency syndrome

Translations

See also

• hypothyroidism

Further reading

• cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• termicins

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétinisme.

Noun

cretinism n (uncountable)

1. cretinism
2. idiocy

Related terms

• cretin

English

Etymology

From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christi?nus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??t?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?i?t?n/, /?k??t?n/
• Homophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)

Noun

cretin (plural cretins)

1. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
2. (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• centri-, cinter, citren, crinet

Romanian

Etymology

From French crétin

Noun

cretin m (plural cretini)

1. idiot

Declension