See Also: Rickets(medicine)
Rickets(health)
rickets(dictionary)
rickets(encyclopedia)
rickets(dictionary)
acute rickets(medicine)
adult rickets(medicine)
coeliac rickets(medicine)
Hypophosphataemic rickets(health)
scurvy rickets(medicine)

Rickets (health)


A disorder of childhood characterised by defective bone and mineralisation, where characteristic lower limb bowing or bending occurs. Other outward signs of rickets can be the so-called rachitic rosary on the ribs, and thickened wrists, as well as bossing of the forehead.