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

I was reduced, during her book’s final third, to puddle-eyed cretinism.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2012

The same condition of things has occurred in both Great Britain and on the European continent in districts which, prior to 1890, were supposed to be free from cretinism.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.