rachitis

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable) Rickets.
2. (uncountable) A disease that produces abortion in the flower, seed, or fruit.

Concepts

rachitisme

Synonymes

rickets

Traductions

Rachitis

raquitismo

ραχίτιδα

rachitismo

rachitis

raquitismo

raquitis

كُسَاح

raşitizm

raquitis

raquitisme

ραχίτις

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677) to refer to rickets, from Koine Greek ῥαχῖτις (rhakhîtis) (in ῥαχῖτις νόσος (rhakhîtis nósos, “spinal inflammation”, literally “spinal disease”)), the feminine form of ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs, “in or of the spine, spinal”), from Ancient Greek ῥάχῐς (rhákhĭs, “lower part of the back; (anatomy) backbone, spine”) (probably ultimately Pre-Greek) + -ῖτις (-îtis) (feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘one connected to’)). By surface analysis, rachi- + -itis.