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cretinic

adj

Etymology

From cretin + -ic.

  1. derived from christiānus
  2. borrowed from crétin
  3. suffixed as cretinic — “cretin + ic”

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting or relating to cretinism.

    • He recollected a gentleman in Admont who had a dog that gave birth to five young, three of which were cretinic, the other two feeble.
    • Originally we did not consider this case as one of pituitary cretinism because the initial clinical appearance and findings and the response to thyroid therapy were typically cretinic.

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