rachitis

Meaning

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

Synonyms

rickets

Translations

rachitisme

Rachitis

raquitismo

rachitismo

ραχίτιδα

raquitismo

raquitis

كُسَاح

raşitizm

raquitis

raquitisme

ραχίτις

rachitis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/

Etymology

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.