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Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.

A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.

Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.

A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.

A condition caused by deficiency of VITAMIN D, especially in infancy and childhood, with disturbance of normal ossification. The disease is marked by bending and distortion of the bones under muscular action, by the formation of nodular enlargements on the ends and sides of the bones, by delayed closure of the fontanels, pain in the muscles, and sweating of the head. Vitamin D and sunlight together with an adequate diet are curative, provided that the parathyroid glands are functioning properly. (Dorland, 27th ed)

See Rhachitis.

Inflammation of the spine. A disease characterized by crookedness of the long bones; swelling of their extremities; crooked spine; prominent abdomen; large head; and often precocity of intellect. It is accompanied by leanness, general debility, indigestion; and frequently induces atrophy and hectic. Rickets occurs, particularly, during the first years of existence, in weakly children, born of rickety or scrofulous parents; brought up in damp or confined situations; who are badly nourished, and do not take sufficient exercise. The progress and termination of the disease are very variable. Some children gradually recover their health: others become more and more deformed, and ultimately die of consumption, dropsy, or other organic disease. The treatment is almost wholly hygienic. Pure air; a healthy situation; nourishing diet; exercise; sea or common cold bathing, and tonics, afford the best prospect of success.

See Rickets

Syn.: rickets, English disease. A constitutional disease of early childhood characterized chiefly by curvature of the shafts of the long bones with thickening of their epiphyses, by deformities of other parts of the skeleton, by delayed detention, and sometimes by degenerative disease of the liver or spleen. [Gr.]

n. [Greek] Inflammation of the spine- a disease of early childhood, in which the bones soften, become swollen and distorted, and the body deformed; the rickets.