RACHITIS

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The rickets. A disease generally confined to childhood, known by a large head, protruded breastbone, flattened ribs, tumid belly, emaciated limbs, and great general debility; the bones in general, and especially the spine, are variously distorted and deficient in bony matter: the system occasionally rallies from this state as growth advances, 1018 [s. 1030]