A syndrome of growth and mental retardation in young children due to congenital deficiency in thyroid hormones.

Deficiency of thyroid hormone secretion during fetal development or early infancy. In children over age 2, it results from chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Characterized by breathing difficulties, jaundice and hoarse crying in infants and stunted growth and mental deficiency in children. See Thyroiditis; jaundice. Without treatment, irreversible mental retardation occurs.

A type of mental retardation and bodily malformation caused by severe, uncorrected thyroid deficiency in infancy and early childhood.

Permanent physical and mental impairment due to severe thyroid deficiency in early life.

Clinical condition resulting from longstanding deficiency of thyroid hormone in young people. Symptoms include impaired mental abilities, small stature, etc.

severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting

an irreversible syndrome caused by severe iodine deficiency during gestation and early postnatal growth. Cretinism is characterized by mental deficiency, spastic diplegia or quadriplegia, deaf mutism, dysarthria, a characteristic shuffling gait, shortened stature, and hypothyroidism.

hypothyroidism, congenital

Hypothyroidism, congential

Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism). The term cretin refers to a person so affected.