rachitis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rachitis
1720–30; < New Latin < Greek rhachîtis inflammation of the spine. See rachis, -itis
Example Sentences
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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
Rickets or rachitis is a constitutional disease associated with disturbance of nutrition, and attended with changes in the skeleton.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Figure 213 shows the appearance during life of a patient with the highest grade of rachitis, and it can be easily understood what a barrier to natural child-birth it would produce.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
He considered that the moxa must be admitted, without contradiction, to be the remedy par excellence against rachitis.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Crippled teeth and the late appearance of teeth in infants,—that is, not before the ninth month,—are symptoms of rachitis.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann
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