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ra·chi·tis

(rə-kī′tĭs)

[New Latin rachītis, inflammation of the spine (adopted because of its similarity in sound to rickets), from Late Greek rhakhītis : Greek rhakhis, spine + Greek -ītis, -itis.]

ra·chit′ic (-kĭt′ĭk) adj.

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rachitis

(rəˈkaɪtɪs)

(Pathology) pathol another name for rickets

[C18: New Latin, from Greek rhakitis; see rachis]

rachitic adj

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rick•ets

(ˈrɪk ɪts)

n.

(used with a sing. v.) a childhood disease in which the bones soften from an inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight.

[1635–45; orig. uncertain]

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Noun	1.	rachitis - inflammation of the vertebral column inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
	2.	rachitis - childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus rickets avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis - any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

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Rachitis

rakiitti

rachitisme

рахит

rachitis

n (Med) → Rachitis f

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rach·i·tism

, rhachitis, rachitis

n. raquitismo, enfermedad por deficiencia que afecta el desarrollo óseo en los adolescentes, causada por falta de calcio, fósforo y vitamina D.

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According to the endocrine diagnosis, it is noticed that 7.2 % of investigated children have stature and ponder hypotrophy, and 2.4 %, pituitary dwarfism and rachitis. From the cases studied, one finds that most frequent is a diagnosis of a moderate degree of the handicap (39.2 %), but one also has to notice the presence of a severe handicap, that needs accompaniment in 36.1 % of pupils with deficiencies that were investigated.

Bio-psycho-social aspects in patients with disabilities who beneficiated from kinetic physical therapy

When the problems experienced by the subjects after discharge were examined, it was found that one subject (0.9%) had rachitis, one (0.9%) had meningitis, 26 (22%) had bronchiolitis/pneumonia.