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Pike(medicine)
pike(2)(dictionary)
pike(3)(dictionary)
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Rickets (health) and pike(1) (iou)


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.





pike(1) (iou)



pike adjective.E16-E18.
[Perh. from French PIQUANT.]
Seasoned, spiced, hot.