cretinism

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The late Gore Vidal explained that one of his ambitions as a historian and novelist was to determine “when the great cretinism began in the United States…when people got really dumb.”

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

Neither cretinism, Laron syndrome nor Down's syndrome duplicate the full suite of features.

From Nature • Oct. 21, 2014

Insufficient amounts of iodine in the diet can lead to goiter, cretinism, and many other disorders.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Derrick, however, is also the prime locus of the film’s insouciant hypocrisy, since it wants to paint him as a slobbering, exploitative cretin while inviting the audience to savor the fruits of that cretinism.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2010

If the water supply of a goitrous valley be changed to a healthy spring, goitre and cretinism disappear.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander