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

The pathologists divide scoliosis into a myopathic variety, in which the trouble is a physiologic antagonism of the muscles; or osteopathic, ordinarily associated with rachitis, which latter variety is generally accountable for congenital scoliosis.

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

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)

In connection with rachitis and scrofula a ravenous appetite is often manifested.

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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