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Cre"tin*ism (kr?"t?n-�xb5;z'm), n. [F. crtinisme.]
A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.
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