different between cretinoid vs retinoid

English

Etymology

cretin +? -oid

Adjective

cretinoid (comparative more cretinoid, superlative most cretinoid)

1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cretinism.

Related terms

• cretinous

Noun

cretinoid (plural cretinoids)

1. An individual who is afflicted with cretinism.

Anagrams

• direction

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (rh?tín?, “resin”) +? -oid.

Adjective

retinoid (comparative more retinoid, superlative most retinoid)

1. (rare, obsolete) Pertaining to or resembling a resin. [19th c.]

Etymology 2

From retin(ol) +? -oid.

Noun

retinoid (plural retinoids)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body resemble retinol (vitamin A). [from 20th c.]
   • 2018, Ian Sample, The Guardian, 28 March:

     Tests on the two retinoids, combined with computer modelling, showed that the compounds killed not only normal MRSA cells, but dormant, or “persister”, cells too.

Derived terms

• bisretinoid
• oxaretinoid
• retinization

Anagrams

• redition