| rachitis | 1. <medicine> Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets. 2. <botany> A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (sc), fr, the spine Alternative forms: rhachitis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rachitis foetalis | congenital rickets |
| rachitis foetalis annularis | Congenital enlargement of the epiphyses of the long bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rachitis foetalis micromelica | A congenital condition in which development of the long bones is deficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rachitis intrauterina | congenital rickets |
| rachitis tarda | <pathology> A condition marked by softening of the bones (due to impaired mineralisation, with excess accumulation of osteoid), with pain, tenderness, muscular weakness, anorexia and loss of weight, resulting from deficiency of vitamin D and calcium. Origin: Gr. Malakia = softness (18 Nov 1997) |
| rachitism | A rachitic state or tendency. (05 Mar 2000) |