rachitis

English

Etymology

From New Latin rachitis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”); by surface analysis, rachi- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/

Noun

rachitis (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Rickets.

   Synonym: rachitism

2. (botany) A disease that produces abortion in the fruit.

Translations

rickets

Arabic: كُسَاح m (kusāḥ) Bulgarian: рахит (bg) m (rahit) Chinese: Mandarin: 佝僂病／佝偻病 (zh) (gōulóubìng) Czech: rachitida f Finnish: riisitauti (fi) French: rachitisme (fr) m Galician: raquitismo m German: Rachitis (de) n Greek: ραχίτιδα (el) f (rachítida) Ingrian: grььzi Italian: rachitismo (it) m Japanese: 痀瘻病, 佝僂病 (ja) (くるびょう, kurubyō) Kazakh: мешел (meşel) Portuguese: raquitismo (pt) m Romanian: rahitism (ro) n Russian: рахи́т (ru) m (raxít) Slovak: rachitída (sk) m Spanish: raquitismo (es) m Swedish: engelska sjukan (sv) c, rakit (sv) c, rakitis (sv) c Turkish: raşitizm (tr)