RACHITIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rachitic mean? 

• RACHITIC (adjective)
  The adjective RACHITIC has 1 sense:

1. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

  Familiarity information: RACHITIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACHITIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

Synonyms:

rachitic; rickety

Context example:

a rachitic patient

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

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

rachitis (inflammation of the vertebral column)

 Context examples 

Clinical manifestations include severe skeletal defects resembling vitamin D-resistant rickets, failure of the calvarium to calcify, dyspnea, cyanosis, vomiting, constipation, renal calcinosis, failure to thrive, disorders of movement, beading of the costochondral junction, and rachitic bone changes.

(Hypophosphatasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)