Rickets
21rickets — rick·ets || rɪkɪts n. (Medicine) childhood disease characterized by softening of the bones (caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, and poor metabolism of calcium and phosphorus) …
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23rickets — [ rɪkɪts] noun [treated as sing. or plural] Medicine a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by softening and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs. Origin C17: perh. an alt. of Gk rhakhitis (see… …
24rickets — n. pl. (Med.) Rachitis, inflammation of the spine …
25rickets — noun (U) a disease that children get in which their bones become soft and bent, caused by a lack of vitamin D …
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27rickets — UK [ˈrɪkɪts] / US noun [uncountable] medical a disease that mainly affects children in which their bones become soft and bend. It is caused by a lack of vitamin d in the food that they eat or by too little exposure to sunlight …
28rickets — rick•ets [[t]ˈrɪk ɪts[/t]] n. pat (used with a sing. v.) a childhood disease in which the bones soften from an inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight • Etymology: 1635–45; orig. uncert …
29rickets — /ˈrɪkəts / (say rikuhts) noun 1. a disease of childhood, characterised by softening of the bones as a result of malnutrition (ordinarily lack of vitamin D), or insufficient ingestion of calcium, or both, and often resulting in deformities. 2. an… …
30rickets — n. (treated as sing. or pl.) a disease of children with softening of the bones (esp. the spine) and bow legs, caused by a deficiency of vitamin D. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. uncert., but assoc. by medical writers with Gk rhakhitis RACHITIS …
