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antirachitic

British  
/ ˌæntɪrəˈkɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. preventing or curing rickets

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an antirachitic remedy or agent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The British diets are all based on Mellanby's contention that the "A" vitamine is the antirachitic vitamine.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.

There was a narrow thorax showing the distinct beads of rickets; the upper and lower limbs were very short, but improved under antirachitic treatment.

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

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