rachitic

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  • Adjective:
    of or relating to or resulting from rickets

Word Origin

rachitic (adj.)
1797, from rachitis (1727), medical Latin, from Late Greek rhakhitis (nosos) "rachitic disease, inflammation of the spine," from Greek rhakhis "spine, ridge, rib of a leaf" (see rachio-).

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