rickets
/ˈɹɪkɪts/
rickets noun: a disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of ricket.
Noun
rickets (uncountable)
Also used as
rickets is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of ricket.
rickets meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati
rickets in Hindi
- disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D
- सूखा रोग sūkhā rog
rickets in Tamil
- disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D
- என்புருக்கி நோய் eṉpurukki nōy
rickets in Kannada
- disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D
- ಕುಟಿಲವಾತ kuṭilavāta
rickets in Gujarati
- disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D
- સુકતાન suktān
More languagesFewer languages
- rickets in Odia
- ରିକେଟ rikeṭa
- rickets in Tagalog
- rakitis
- rickets in Arabic
- كُسَاح kusāḥ
- rickets in Indonesian
- rakitis
- rickets in Thai
- โรคกระดูกอ่อน rôok-grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn, โรคกระดูกอ่อนในเด็ก rôok-grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn-nai-dèk
- rickets in Myanmar
- အရိုးပျော့နာ a.rui:pyau.na
Synonyms of rickets
Origin of rickets
Unknown. 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.
Words formed from rickets
Questions about rickets
- What does rickets mean?
- Rickets means a disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.
- What is rickets in Hindi?
- Rickets in Hindi is सूखा रोग (sūkhā rog). See Rickets meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rickets?
- Rickets is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rickets?
- Rickets is pronounced /ˈɹɪkɪts/.
Words near rickets in the dictionary
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