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词汇 rachitis
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Definition of rachitis in English:

rachitis

noun rəˈkʌɪtɪsrəˈkaɪdəs
  • old-fashioned medical term for rickets

Derivatives

  • rachitic

  • adjective rəˈkɪtɪkrəˈkɪdɪk
    • Then in the 1920s it was shown that rachitic children could not absorb calcium, from which it was concluded, not unnaturally, that this malabsorption of calcium was the cause of the rickets.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A 6 month old girl with potentially lethal hypophophatasia had bone marrow transplanted from a healthy sister, with rapid reversal of radiographic abnormalities and healing of ‘rachitic’ defects.

Origin

Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhitis, from rhakhis 'spine'.

Definition of rachitis in US English:

rachitis

nounrəˈkaɪdəsrəˈkīdəs
  • old-fashioned medical term for rickets

Origin

Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhitis, from rhakhis ‘spine’.

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