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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca