CRETIN
\kɹˈɛtɪn], \kɹˈɛtɪn], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of CRETIN
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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One affected with cretinism. The word is said to come from Chretien, Christian, because the Cretin, being in a state of idiocy, is incapable of committing any sin. See Cagot.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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