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Rickets   /rˈɪkɪts/   Listen
Rickets

noun
1.
Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.  Synonym: rachitis.





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"Rickets" Quotes from Famous Books



... change. Condensed milk, if used as a permanent food, will fatten babies, but their vitality is very deficient, the muscles flabby, and the resistance to disease exceedingly poor. They are apt to develop rickets and ...
— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague


Words linked to "Rickets" :   avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis, rachitis


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