Cretin may refer to:
* An archaic term for a patient with
congenital iodine deficiency syndrome
Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome is a medical condition present at birth marked by impaired physical and mental development, due to insufficient thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) often caused by insufficient dietary iodine during pregnancy. It ...
(cretinism)
* A pejorative term, similar to
idiot
An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person.
'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot ...
People
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Guillaume Crétin
Guillaume Dubois or Guillaume Crétin (c. 1460 – 30 November 1525) was a French poet who is considered to belong to the school of the Grands Rhétoriqueurs ("rhetoricians").
Life
He was treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes, then cantor ...
(c. 1460–1525), a French poet
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Joseph Crétin
Joseph Crétin (19 December 1799 – 22 February 1857) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Cretin Avenue in St. Paul, Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and Cretin Hall at the University of St. Thomas are named for him. ...
(1799–1857), an American bishop
Education
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Cretin Hall
Cretin Hall is one of the male undergraduate residence halls at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It resides on the South Campus, which is just south of historic Summit Avenue. Cretin was originally constructed as the South ...
, a residence hall at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Cretin-Derham Hall High School (CDH) is a private, co-educational Catholic high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota operated by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It is co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sis ...
, a co-educational Catholic high school in Minnesota
Other
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Cape Cretin
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
, a headland in the
Huon Gulf
Huon Gulf is a large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is bordered by Huon Peninsula in the north. Both are named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. Huon Gulf is a part of the Solomon Sea. Its northern boundary is marked by ...
in Papua New Guinea
* "Cretin", a song by Revocation from the album ''
Chaos of Forms
''Chaos of Forms'' is the third studio album by American technical death metal band Revocation, released on August 16, 2011 by Relapse Records. The song "Cradle Robber" was released and streamed on their Facebook page on May 10, 2011. This album i ...
'', 2011
See also
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Parliamentary cretinism
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