RICKETS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rickets mean? 

• RICKETS (noun)
  The noun RICKETS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RICKETS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICKETS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

rachitis; rickets

Hypernyms ("rickets" is a kind of...):

avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)

 Context examples 

Skin exposed to sunshine can also make vitamin D. Not enough vitamin D can cause a bone disease called rickets.

(D Vitamin, NCI Dictionary)

Mutation of the gene is associated with autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets.

(DMP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When the condition occurs in children, it is called rickets.

(Adult rickets, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in this gene are associated with autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (ADHR) and familial tumoral calcinosis with hyperphosphatemia.

(FGF23 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In spite of this, a sizeable number of infants still develop rickets.

(Higher Dose of Vitamin D Increases Bone Density in Premature Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Rickets that usually affects premature infants.

(Neonatal Rickets, NCI Thesaurus)

Not enough cholecalciferol can cause a bone disease called rickets.

(Cholecalciferol, NCI Dictionary)

When it occurs in children it is commonly referred to as rickets. (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) —2003

(Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

Many allelic variants of the CYP27B1 gene encode proteins that are either inactive or exhibit reduced catalytic activity which, in turn, results in vitamin D-dependent rickets type I.

(CYP27B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Rickets that is caused by vitamin D deficiency, hypocalcemia, or renal failure.

(Acquired Rickets, NCI Thesaurus)