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Artist is protecting child from children's disease
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rachitis
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Răchitiş may refer to several villages in Romania : Răchitiş, a village in Ghimeș-Făget Commune, Bacău County Răchitiş, a village in Bilbor Commune, Harghita County
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n. (context disease English) rickets
WordNet
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n. inflammation of the vertebral column childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus [syn: rickets ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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 ...
Usage examples of rachitis.
She was never the victim of rachitis or like disease, but died of syphilis in the Colonial Hospital.
Figure 213 shows the appearance during life of a patient with the highest grade of rachitis, and it can be easily understood what a barrier to natural child-birth it would produce.
In rachitis epiphyseal swellings are seen at the wrists and ankle-joints, and in superior cases at the ends of the phalanges of the fingers and toes.