different between thyroid vs cretinism

English

Alternative forms

• thyreoid

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin thyreo?d?s, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (thureoeid?s, “shield-shaped”), from ?????? (thureós, “oblong shield”) +? -????? (-eid?s, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.???d/
• Rhymes: -a????d

Adjective

thyroid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

thyroid (plural thyroids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid gland.
   1. (medicine) An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.

Derived terms

References

• “thyroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “thyroid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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