See Also: Rickets(medicine)
rickets(encyclopedia)
rickets(dictionary)
Rickets(health)
rickets(dictionary)
haemorrhagic rickets(medicine)
acute rickets(medicine)
adult rickets(medicine)
coeliac rickets(medicine)
Hypophosphataemic rickets(health)

rickets (iou)



rickets noun pl. (treated as sing. or pl.). Also (only in attrib. use & in comb.) in sing. ricket. M17.
[Origin uncertain: perh. orig. West Country dial., or alt. of Greek rhakhitis RACHITIS.]
A disease, esp. of children, caused by vitamin D deficiency, and characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones, typically resulting in bow-legs, and freq. associated with other signs of malnutrition.