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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
  3. 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.
  4. A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied byphysical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent incertain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.
  5. n:100 n. severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting