Associations to the word «Rickets»

Wiktionary

RICKETS, noun. (pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.

Dictionary definition

RICKETS, noun. Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats