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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cretinism

/(krē"tĭn*ĭz'm)/ · Cre·tin·ism · IPA
01 n. A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mou…
  1. 1.
    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.