Meanings of rachitis in English

Two affections, rachitis and scrofula, frequently co-exist, and the same dietary is appropriate for both.

She was never the victim of rachitis or like disease, but died of syphilis in the Colonial Hospital.

Crippled teeth and the late appearance of teeth in infants,-thatis, not before the ninth month,-aresymptoms of rachitis.

The symptoms of rachitis become apparent at the pelvis and at the wide open, soft parts of the skull, the unossified fontanelles.

In the progressive development of the disease, the softened cartilage grows and protrudes everywhere, especially in the thorax, such as "rachitis rosary."

This disease is Osteo Rachitis (rickets).

Rachitis is principally lack of lime in the food, which causes parts of the bones to remain soft instead of becoming rigid.

Rachitis or rickets is not a disease of adult life, but of infancy and childhood, and never occurs after the age of puberty.