familial hypophosphatemic rickets

rick·ets (r

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n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient exposure to sunlight, characterized by defective bone growth and occurring chiefly in children. Also called rachitis.

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rickets [ˈrɪkɪts]

(Medicine / Pathology) (functioning as singular or plural) Pathol a disease mainly of children, characterized by softening of developing bone, and hence bow legs, malnutrition, and enlargement of the liver and spleen, caused by a deficiency of vitamin D

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rickets (r

ts)

A bone disease seen mostly in children, caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, usually as a result of inadequate dietary intake or lack of exposure to sunlight. This deficiency causes decreased calcium absorption from the intestine and abnormalities in formation and mineralization of skeletal bone, resulting in defective bone growth and deformity.

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Noun

rickets - childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus

rachitis

avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis - any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

Translations

rickets [ˈrɪkɪts] NSING → raquitismo m

rickets [ˈrɪkɪts] n → rachitisme m

rickets

n sing → Rachitis f, → die englische Krankheit

rickets [ˈrɪkɪts] nsg → rachitismo

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antirachitic
avitaminosis
calciferol
chicken breast
Chicken-breasted
cholecalciferol
D
deficiency disease
deformity
disease
ergocalciferol
ergosterol
fat-soluble vitamin
hypovitaminosis
malformation
misshapenness
pigeon breast
Pigeon-breasted
rachitic

Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type I
familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia
familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinemia
Familial hypercalcemia with nephrocalcinosis and indicanuria
Familial Hypercholanemia
Familial hypercholesterolaemia
Familial hypercholesterolaemia
familial hypercholesterolemia
familial hypercholesterolemia
familial hypercholesterolemia with hyperlipemia
familial hyperchylomicronemia
familial hyperchylomicronemia with hyperprebetalipoproteinemia
familial hyperglyceridemia
Familial Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
familial hyperlipoproteinemia
familial hyperprebetalipoproteinemia
Familial Hyperreninemic Hypoaldosteronism
familial hypertriglyceridemia
familial hypertriglyceridemia
familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Familial Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia
Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Familial Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Familial Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
familial hypophosphatemia
familial hypophosphatemia

familial hypophosphatemic rickets

Familial Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification
Familial Idiopathic Gonadotropin Deficiency
Familial Idiopathic Low-Molecular-Weight Proteinuria
Familial Idiopathic Nonarteriosclerotic Cerebral Calcification
familial iminoglycinuria
Familial Infantile Myasthenia
familial infantile myasthenia gravis
familial infantile myasthenia gravis
familial infantile myasthenia gravis
familial infantile myasthenia gravis
Familial Infiltrative Fibromatosis
Familial Intestinal Polyatresia Syndrome
familial intestinal polyposis
Familial Intracranial Aneurysm
Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis 1
Familial Intraosseous Fibrous Swelling of Jaw
familial intraosseous fibrous swelling of the jaws
familial intraosseous swelling
familial intraosseous swelling
familial intraosseous swelling
familial intraosseous swelling
Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism
Familial Isolated Hypoparathyroidism
Familial Isolated Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Familial isolated vitamin e deficiency
Familial Jaundice
Familial Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy
familial juvenile nephronophthisis
familial juvenile nephrophthisis
familial juvenile nephrophthisis

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