rachitis
1 synonym for rachitis, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (botany) A plant disease that causes flowers, seeds or fruit to fail before they develop.
Synonyms
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677) to refer to rickets, from Koine Greek ῥαχῖτις (rhakhîtis) (in ῥαχῖτις νόσος (rhakhîtis nósos, “spinal inflammation”, literally “spinal disease”)), the feminine form of ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs, “in or of the spine, spinal”)...
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