rickets

(rikits)

noun

a disease of the skeletal system, chiefly of children, resulting from absence of the normal effect of vitamin D in depositing calcium salts in the bone, and characterized by a softening and, often, bending of the bones: usually caused by a lack of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight

Origin: altered < ? Gr rhachitis, rachitis

See rickets in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient exposure to sunlight, characterized by defective bone growth and occurring chiefly in children. Also called rachitis.

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