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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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rickets disease marked by softening of the bones. XVII. of unkn. orig.; assoc. by medical writers with Gr.
rhakhîtis RACHITIS, which was adopted as the technical designation.
Hence
rickety (
-Y1) affected with rickets XVII; shaky, tottering XVIII.
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Rickets.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Rickets, a childhood condition in which your child...seen frequently in the United States. Rickets is caused by a failure of growing bones...nutritional deficiency. Occurrence of Rickets Rickets occurs in children who have insufficient...
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Rickets.(Student Scope)
Magazine article from: Radiologic Technology; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Rickets, also known as infantile osteomalacia...leaving them soft and pliable. (1) Rickets has affected infants and children for centuries...prior to the Industrial Revolution, rickets was considered a disorder of the wealthy...
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Rickets rate resurging in East Bay
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; Rickets -- a childhood bone disease associated...in Oakland. For six years, 59 cases of rickets were diagnosed among children as old as...endocrinology at Children's Hospital Oakland. Rickets is a severe and prolonged disease caused...
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Study finds rickets resurgence in Oakland babies
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; Rickets -- a childhood bone disease associated...During the past six years, 59 cases of rickets were diagnosed among children up to age...endocrinology at Children's Hospital Oakland. Rickets is a severe and prolonged vitamin D deficiency...
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Physicians see alarming resurgence of rickets
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Rickets -- a childhood bone disease associated...Over the past six years, 59 cases of rickets were diagnosed among children ages 0 to...endocrinology at Children's Hospital Oakland. Rickets is a severe and prolonged vitamin D deficiency...
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Physicians see resurgence of rickets
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; Rickets, a childhood bone disease associated with...Over the past six years, 59 cases of rickets were diagnosed among children up to 2 years...endocrinology at Children's Hospital Oakland. Rickets is a severe and prolonged vitamin D deficiency...
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A CASE OF: An Asian toddler with nutritional rickets
Magazine article from: Synergy; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Background Rickets is defined as the mineral failure of chondroid...been suggested, making classification of rickets difficult5. Despite this, attempts have...condition into its causes: 1. Nutritional rickets, including deficiencies in vitamin D...
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RICKETS SHEDS LIGHT ON HOW RACIAL DISPARITIES HAPPEN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Perspective column about the bone disease rickets in yesterday's Health/Science section...X-ray of the toddler's leg showed rickets, a bone disease more often associated...century than the 21st. Surprisingly, rickets is increasingly common but almost always...
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Rickets Re-Emerging in United States.
PR Newswire; 8/9/2000; 700+ words
; ...century. The condition, nutritional rickets, usually results from a deficiency of...resulting in poor bone development. If rickets occurs in infancy or early childhood...beginning of the 20th century, nutritional rickets was a common disease, particularly among...
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Early and severe presentation of vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets among hospitalized infants and the effective factors
Magazine article from: The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...of vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets among hospitalized infants and the effective...Pediatr 2009; 51: 110-115. Nutritional rickets is re-emerging as a significant health...determined the frequency of nutritional rickets and vitamin D deficiency among hospitalized...
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Rickets
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Rickets Definition Rickets is a childhood condition caused by serious vitamin D deficiency...soft bones, along with slowed growth and skeletal development. Rickets is, by definition, a disorder which begins in childhood. If this...
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rickets
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rickets or rachitis , bone disease caused by a...exposure to ultraviolet rays of sunlight. Rickets is no longer common in developed countries...vitamin D as a supplement. Treatment of rickets is largely preventive, i.e., by early...
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rickets, refractory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
rickets, refractory, or vitamin D resistant rickets that does not respond to normal amounts of vitamin D but requires massive doses. Usually a result of a congenital defect in the vitamin D receptor, or metabolism of the vitamin; it can also be due to poisoning with strontium.
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vitamin D resistant rickets
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
vitamin D resistant rickets See rickets, vitamin D resistant .
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Vitamin D
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...D to avoid the need for added dietary sources. Rickets The need for vitamin D is greater in childhood...young children, lack of the vitamin can cause rickets (or rachitis). Rickets is a bone disorder that results in bowed legs...
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