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

• Disease insects initially avoided
• Richard set out children's disease
• Disease caused by vitamin D deficiency

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rickets \Rick"ets\, n. pl. [Of uncertain origin; but cf. AS. wrigian to bend, D. wrikken to shake, E. wriggle.] (Med.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus [syn: rachitis ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, 1630s, of uncertain origin. Originally a local name for the disease in Dorset and Somerset, England. Some derive it from a Dorset word, rucket "to breathe with difficulty," but the sense connection is difficult. The ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A deficiency of vitamin D results in rickets . ▪ Diseases from our history texts, like rickets and scurvy, have begun to reappear in the West. ▪ She was well under five feet in height and her legs were terribly bowed because ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rickets is defective mineralization or calcification of bones before epiphyseal closure in immature mammals due to deficiency or impaired metabolism of vitamin D , phosphorus or calcium ,TheFreeDictionary > rickets In turn citing: The American Heritage ...