rickets
A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing…A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.
» Tom has rickets.
Значение
значений: 1(неисчисляемое)A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.
Rachitis, Rhachitis, englische Krankheit
рахи́тraxít
childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
Примеры
предложений: 5Tom has rickets.
He suffers from rickets.
У него рахит. — Karok
In order to prevent rickets the doctor prescribed insolation.
Rubella is also called 'German measles' in English, while Germans call rickets 'the English disease'.
deDie Röteln heißen auf Englisch auch die „deutschen Masern“, während die Deutschen die Rachitis als die „englische Krankheit“ bezeichnen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Low levels of vitamin D can lead to problems such as rickets, a deformity mainly found in children.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Unknown. Originally a local name for the disease in Dorset and Somerset, England. OccasionUnknown. 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.
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Синонимы
синонимов: 2Однокоренные
связанных слов: 7Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым