Cretinism Definition

Cretinism Sentence Examples

• Littre defines them as "a people of the Pyrenees affected with a kind of cretinism."

• On the other hand to rely on such an outcome is to descend headlong into parliamentary cretinism.

• In the United States, newborn infants between 24 and 72 hours old are tested for congenital thyroid deficiency (cretinism) using a test that measures the levels of thyroxine in the infant's blood.

• Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can result in cretinism in newborns, involving mental retardation and a large tongue.

• Goiter is reversible with treatment but cretinism is not.