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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Two affections, rachitis and scrofula, frequently co-exist, and the same dietary is appropriate for both.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis
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
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)
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)
Softening of the bones, known as osteomalacia, curvature of the spine, rachitis and many other terrible conditions of disease would not be known to humanity if proper precaution were taken in time.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis
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