rachitis

American  

[ruh-kahy-tis] / rəˈkaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. rickets.

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rachitis British  

/ rəˈkɪtɪk, rəˈkaɪtɪs /

noun

1. pathol another name for rickets

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Other Word Forms

• postrachitic
  adjective
• rachitic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of rachitis

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

Example Sentences

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Scurvy has now been added to the fold and rickets or rachitis seems well on the way to acceptance though the specific vitamine absent in this case is not yet positively identified.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.

He considered that the moxa must be admitted, without contradiction, to be the remedy par excellence against rachitis.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The symptoms of rachitis become apparent at the pelvis and at the wide open, soft parts of the skull, the unossified fontanelles.

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