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Definition of Rachitic

Rachitic
Rachitic Ra*chit"ic, a. [Cf. F. rachitique. See Rachitis.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.

Meaning of Rachitic from wikipedia

- of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The ****s create the appearance of large...
- Osteomalacia is a disease characterized by the softening of the bones caused by impaired bone metabolism primarily due to inadequate levels of available...
- may be present. The pelvic bones may be deformed. A condition known as rachitic rosary can result as the thickening caused by nodules forming on the costochondral...
- encountered in proximal humerus and around the knees are collectively known as "rachitic-like changes". Radiographic lesions of the appendicular skeleton are typically...
- ossification about the knee can simulate rachitic changes. These radiographic features are collectively known as rachitic-like changes. The presence of epiphyseal...
- defects are found in nearly all patients and include hypomineralization, rachitic changes, incomplete vertebrate ossification and, occasionally, lateral...
- role of mitochondria in growth plate calcification as demonstrated in a rachitic model". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 60 (5):...
- the marriage and dubious of its wisdom. Burckhard called Mahler "that rachitic degenerate Jew", unworthy for such a good-looking girl of good family....
- Head of a rachitic child in the New York Infant Asylum (1895)...
- inwards reducing the diameters of the lower pelvis. This is similar to the rachitic pelvis where the softened bones widen laterally because of the weight from...