cretin
noun
(no longer in technical use) a person with cretinism.
cretinoid
-
a word derived from
cretin.
Example Sentences
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The disease was first described by Sir William Gull as a cretinoid change, and later by William Ord of London, who suggested the name.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
A woman suffering with myxedema, the condition described by the English physician Gull as a cretinoid state supervening in the adult life of woman, has an insufficient amount of thyroxin in her blood and tissues.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
