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<rheumatology, orthopaedics> A condition caused by deficiency of vitamin D, especially in infancy and childhood, with disturbance of normal ossification.

The disease is marked by bending and distortion of the bones under muscular action, by the formation of nodular enlargements on the ends and sides of the bones, by delayed closure of the fontanelles, pain in the muscles and sweating of the head. Vitamin D and sunlight together with an adequate diet are curative, provided that the parathyroid glands are functioning properly.

Origin: Gr. Rhachitis = a spinal complaint


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jeopardize verb trans. Also jeopardise. M17.
[from JEOPARD or next + -IZE.]
Put into jeopardy, endanger, put at risk.
K. Vonnegut The drunk and vicious people, who jeopardize all life on earth. M. Cox This..behaviour could jeopardize Monty's chance of gaining a scholarship.