rachitis
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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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It has been erroneously confounded by some writers with bronchocele and rachitis, from both of which it is totally distinct.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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
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
This disease, also called "rachitis," is an inflammatory affection of young, growing bones, and mostly involves the ribs and long bones of the legs.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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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