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cretinic

cretinic adjective: exhibiting or relating to cretinism.

Adjective

cretinic (comparative more cretinic, superlative most cretinic)

  1. (dated) 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.1906, Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, page 260
    • 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.1944, United States. Office of War Information, Symposium on Recent Advances in Medicine, page 1403

Forms of cretinic

comparativemore cretinic
superlativemost cretinic

Origin of cretinic

From cretin + -ic.

Questions about cretinic

What does cretinic mean?
Cretinic means exhibiting or relating to cretinism.
What part of speech is cretinic?
Cretinic is an adjective.

Words near cretinic in the dictionary

  1. cretified
  2. cretifies
  3. cretify
  4. cretifying
  5. cretin
  6. cretinic
  7. cretinise
  8. cretinised
  9. cretinises
  10. cretinising
  11. cretinism

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