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
His head alone continued to grow, verging on cretinism, until, in 1869, the unfortunate child died of some obscure form of malnutrition.
From A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; by J. G Patterson
