cretinism
Congenital iodine disorder
Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental development, historically caused by congenital thyroid deficiency.
The term is now largely replaced by *congenital hypothyroidism* in medical contexts.
Its connection to *cretin*—an offensive word for a stupid person—gives cretinism a dated, clinical harshness that modern medicine avoids.
Insufficient thyroid hormone production
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- goiterEnlarged thyroid gland
- thyroxineThyroid-produced metabolic hormone
- levothyroxineSynthetic hormone medication
endocrinology · gland · hormone · metabolism · T4 · T3 · thyroiditis · endemic
Arrested in development
- growthIncrease in size
- dwarfismGenetic shortness condition
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
impairment · developmental · delay · lethargy · bradycardia · neurological · cognitive · psychomotor
hypothyroidism
Insufficient thyroid hormone production
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- goiterEnlarged thyroid gland
- thyroxineThyroid-produced metabolic hormone
levothyroxine · endocrinology · gland · hormone · metabolism · T4 · T3 · thyroiditis · endemic · deficiency
stunted
Arrested in development
- growthIncrease in size
- dwarfismGenetic shortness condition
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
disability · impairment · developmental · delay · lethargy · bradycardia · neurological · cognitive · psychomotor · milestones
iodine
Antiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- supplementationAdding to something insufficient
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- iodizedEnriched with element fifty-three
salt · maternal · nutrition · selenium · screening · newborn · endemic · regions · public · health
- deficiency symptomsscurvy, beriberi, pellagra, anemia, goiter
- Hormone Disordershyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, acromegaly, gigantism, dwarfism
- malnutritionmalnutrition, malnourished, undernourished, undernourishment, starvation
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
- thyroid disordershypothyroidism, goiter, thyroiditis, underactive thyroid, thyroid gland
- mineral disordersiron deficiency, calcium deficiency, magnesium deficiency, potassium deficiency, hypocalcemia
cretinismgenius
Person of rare brilliance
brilliance · intelligence · brains · mental acuity · sagacity