cretinism

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.

词形变化

cretinisms plural

词源

Etymology tree
English cretin
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English cretinism
From cretin + -ism.
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