different between hypothyroidism vs cretin

English

Etymology

Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) +? thyroid +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?p???a?????d?z?m/, /?ha?p????a?r???d?z?m/

Noun

hypothyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural hypothyroidisms)

1. (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]

   Synonyms: underactive thyroid, low thyroid

   Antonym: hyperthyroidism

   Hypernym: dysthyroidism

Related terms

• hypothyroidic

Translations

See also

• cretinism

References

Further reading

• hypothyroidism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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