rachitis
Americannoun
noun
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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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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
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
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
Occasionally one may observe in suckling colts outward luxation of the patella wherein there is history of navel infection and no marked evidence of rachitis is present.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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
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