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Rickets

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Noun

1. rachitis, rickets

childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus

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Rickets

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noun
(functioning as singular or plural) pathology
a disease mainly of children, characterized by softening of developing bone, and hence bow legs, malnutrition, and enlargement of the liver and spleen, caused by a deficiency of vitamin D

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Rickets

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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

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Rickets

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n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A bone disease of children marked by bone demineralization and defective bone growth, caused usually by a deficiency of or an impaired metabolism of vitamin D. Also called rachitis.

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