Rickets

//ˈɹɪkɪts//

Synonyms for "rickets" (27 found)

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Closest matches (6)

rachitis anemia ariboflavinosis beriberi cachexia

Noun(1 words)

rachitis

Strong matches (8)

chlorosis deficiency anemia dermatitis goiter greensickness keratomalacia kwashiorkor lombardy leprosy

Related words (13)

maidism malnutrition night blindness osteomalacia osteoporosis pellagra pernicious anemia protein deficiency scurvy struma vitamin deficiency xerophthalmia

Noun(1 words)

rhachitis

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

avitaminosis hypovitaminosis

Synonyms

1 entries

rachitis

Related terms

5 entries

osteomalacia rachitic ricket ricketiness rickety

derived

2 entries

antirickets ricketed

etymologically related_to

2 entries

rachitis rucket

has context

1 entries

pathology

is a

3 entries

avitaminosis bone disease disease

related to

9 entries

childhood deficiency disorder infancy osteomalacia rachitic ricketiness rickety vitamin d

Translations

73 translations across 54 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كُسَاح noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Asturian

1 entries

raquitismu noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Breton

1 entries

lec’h noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Bulgarian

1 entries

рахит noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Burmese

1 entries

အရိုးပျော့နာ noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Catalan

1 entries

raquitisme noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

佝僂病 /佝偻病 noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Czech

2 entries

křivice noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rachitida noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Danish

2 entries

engelsk syge noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Dutch

2 entries

Engelse ziekte noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rachitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Esperanto

2 entries

rakitismo noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakito noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Finnish

1 entries

riisitauti noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

French

1 entries

rachitisme noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Galician

3 entries

enganido noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
raquitismo noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
tangaraño noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Georgian

1 entries

რაქიტი noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

German

3 entries

Rachitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
Rhachitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
englische Krankheit noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Greek

1 entries

ραχίτιδα noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Gujarati

1 entries

સુકતાન noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Hebrew

1 entries

רַכֶּכֶת noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Hindi

1 entries

सूखा रोग noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Hungarian

1 entries

angolkór noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Ido

1 entries

rakito noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Indonesian

1 entries

rakitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Ingrian

1 entries

grььzi noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Irish

1 entries

raicíteas noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Italian

1 entries

rachitismo noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Japanese

2 entries

くる病 noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
佝僂病 noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕುಟಿಲವಾತ noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Kazakh

2 entries

мешел noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
рахит noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Korean

1 entries

구루병 noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

итий noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Macedonian

1 entries

рахитис noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Malagasy

1 entries

malemy taolana noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Manx

1 entries

çhenney noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Māori

1 entries

mate kōiwi takarepa noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

engelsk sjuke noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
engelsk syke noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakitt noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

engelsk sjuke noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
engelsk sykje noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakitt noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Odia

1 entries

ରିକେଟ noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

قربه noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Polish

1 entries

krzywica noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Portuguese

1 entries

raquitismo noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Romanian

1 entries

rahitism noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Russian

1 entries

рахи́т noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

glacadh-cléibh noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Slovak

1 entries

rachitída noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Spanish

1 entries

raquitismo noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Swedish

3 entries

engelska sjukan noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakit noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
rakitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Tagalog

1 entries

rakitis noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Tamil

1 entries

என்புருக்கி நோய் noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Thai

2 entries

โรคกระดูกอ่อน noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
โรคกระดูกอ่อนในเด็ก noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Turkish

1 entries

raşitizm noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Volapük

1 entries

ragit noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Welsh

1 entries

llechau noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Yiddish

2 entries

ענגלישע קרענק noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)
ראַכיט noun (disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He suffers from rickets.

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

Source: tatoeba (7880085)

In order to prevent rickets the doctor prescribed insolation.

Source: tatoeba (8785224)

Low levels of vitamin D can lead to problems such as rickets, a deformity mainly found in children.

Source: tatoeba (11829713)

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