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

In children, hypothyroidism can cause cretinism, which can lead to mental retardation and growth defects.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Nature • Oct. 21, 2014

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

The peculiar disease called cretinism, as well as goitre, has been attributed to a predominance of certain chemicals in the soil.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm