dictionary help| rachitis | medical dictionary |
1. <medicine> Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.
2. <botany> A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (sc), fr, the spine
Alternative forms: rhachitis.
(01 Mar 1998)
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