cretinous

• Insultuoso e termo ultrapassado, originalmente usado em contexto médico para descrever deficiência mental e física grave causada por hipotireoidismo congênito. Atualmente é considerado altamente pejorativo e obsoleto no uso contemporâneo.

An offensive, outdated term originally used in medical contexts to describe severe mental and physical disability due to congenital hypothyroidism. Now considered highly derogatory and obsolete in modern usage.

1. Afflicted with cretinismC2formalmedical

   Relating to or affected by cretinism, a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.

   Cretino

   • The historical medical texts described patients as cretinous due to iodine deficiency.
   • The term 'cretinous' is now considered outdated and offensive in medical contexts.
   • Early diagnosis can prevent the cretinous state in children with hypothyroidism.