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antirachitic

antirachitic adjective: that cures or prevents rickets.

Adjective

antirachitic (comparative more antirachitic, superlative most antirachitic)

  1. That cures or prevents rickets.

Noun

antirachitic (plural antirachitics)

  1. Any drug that cures or prevents rickets.

Forms of antirachitic

Adjective
comparativemore antirachitic
superlativemost antirachitic
Noun
pluralantirachitics

Origin of antirachitic

From anti- + rachitic.

Words formed from antirachitic

Questions about antirachitic

What does antirachitic mean?
Antirachitic means that cures or prevents rickets.
What part of speech is antirachitic?
Antirachitic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antirachitic in the dictionary

  1. antirabbinic
  2. antirabbinical
  3. antirabbit
  4. antirabic
  5. antirabies
  6. antirachitic
  7. antirachitically
  8. antirachitics
  9. antiracial
  10. antiracialism
  11. antiracialize

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