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Cretinism
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cretinism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cretinism.html. 1828.