rickets

CEFRC2

/ˈɹɪkɪts/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A disease in children caused by weak bones and lack of vitamin D.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    third-person singular simple present indicative of ricket

Examples

  • In order to prevent rickets the doctor prescribed insolation.

  • Rubella is also called 'German measles' in English, while Germans call rickets 'the English disease'.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

More examples

In context

  • He suffers from rickets.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Unknown. Originally a local name for the disease in Dorset and Somerset, England. Occasionally postulated to be derived from a Dorsetian dialectal term *rucket (“to breathe with difficulty, wheeze”), but the semantic connection is tenuous. See rachitis, but the medical name was chosen purposefully by English physician Daniel Whistler from phonetic similarity to rickets.