rachitis

American  

[ruh-kahy-tis] / rəˈkaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. rickets.

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rachitis British  

/ rəˈkaɪtɪs /

noun

1. pathol another name for rickets

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Other Word Forms

• postrachitic
  adjective
• rachitic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of rachitis

1720–30; < New Latin < Greek rhachîtis inflammation of the spine. See rachis, -itis

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Example Sentences

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rachitis

They occurred in Guy's Hospital, and were published by H. G. Howse in Guy's Hospital Reports for 1879: On March 15, 1878, Jacobson performed osteotomy upon a child suffering from extreme rachitis.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The history of rachitis, of melanosis, and of osteoporosis, as related to an abnormal frangibility of the bones, is a part of our common medical knowledge.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

In the progressive development of the disease, the softened cartilage grows and protrudes everywhere, especially in the thorax, such as "rachitis rosary."

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann

A second consequence of this insufficient bodily p. 102nourishment, during the years of growth and development, is rachitis, which is extremely common among the children of the working-class. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Florence Kelley

Analogous to rachitis is achondroplasia, or the so called fetal rickets—a disease in which deformity results from an arrest, absence, or perversion of the normal process of enchondral ossification.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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