rachitisn.

Brit.

/rəˈkʌɪtᵻs/,

/raˈkʌɪtᵻs/, U.S.

/rəˈkaɪdᵻs/

Forms: 1600s– rachitis, 1600s– rhachitis.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rachitis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rachitis ( F. Glisson De rachitide, sive, morbo puerili qui vulgo the rickets dicitur, tractatus (1650)) < Hellenistic Greek ῥαχῖτις , feminine (designating νόσος disease) of ῥαχίτης in or of the spine (Galen) < ancient Greek ῥαχις rachis n. + -ῖτις -itis suffix, and thus properly meaning ‘inflammation of the spine’, but adopted by Glisson as a learned form of ‘rickets’: see further discussion at rickets n.Compare post-classical Latin rachitis spinal medulla (1555 or earlier).

1. Medicine. Rickets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > rickets

English disease1609

rickets1634

rachitis1668

ricketiness1673

English sickness1707

innutrition of the bones1796

rosary1872

rickety rosary1873

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. viii. 223 Cramp, stitch... Rickets, rachitis.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 288 A Child aged 9 years, having been formerly diseased with the Rachitis, and afterwards with the King's-Evill, the left Jaw grew preternaturally big.

1685 W. S. tr. J. Mayow (title) Rhachitidologia, or, A tract of the disease rhachitis, commonly called the rickets shewing the signes, cause, symptoms, and prognosticks.

1717 D. Turner Syphilis 5 The last of these Authors thinks it however brought from Guinea in Africa, where it is Endemial, if not Indigenous, as the Scorbutus to Holland, the Rachitis to our Island.

1726 tr. J.-L. Petit Treat. Dis. Bones xvii. 464 The Rhachitis is a Disease almost peculiar to Children.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 241 The vertebral column presents this softening in a very marked degree in cases of rachitis.

1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 712/2 In rachitis, the bones may be bent in any direction.

1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 5 163 The child..suffered from so severe a case of rhachitis that he could not walk.

1932 R. H. Gault Criminology vi. 92 A small proportion of the group..are victims of malnutrition and rachitis which have left them with many physical abnormalities.

1995 J. Jensen Prehistory of Denmark vii. 83 Rachitis has been identified on skeletons from the Neolithic period in Denmark.

2. Botany. Premature falling of the fruit or seed of a plant, before maturity. rare.

ΚΠ

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. xiv. 300 Rachitis, or premature falling of grain.

1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 152 Rachitis, a disease producing abortion in the fruit or seed.

1930 C. Elliott Man. Bacterial Plant Pathogens ii. 297 Mal nero consists of a pathological process peculiar to the aerial organs of the vine. It becomes evident externally by the rachitis of sprouts in Spring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rachitis
释义	rachitisn. Brit. /rəˈkʌɪtᵻs/, /raˈkʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /rəˈkaɪdᵻs/ Forms: 1600s– rachitis, 1600s– rhachitis. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rachitis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rachitis ( F. Glisson De rachitide, sive, morbo puerili qui vulgo the rickets dicitur, tractatus (1650)) < Hellenistic Greek ῥαχῖτις , feminine (designating νόσος disease) of ῥαχίτης in or of the spine (Galen) < ancient Greek ῥαχις rachis n. + -ῖτις -itis suffix, and thus properly meaning ‘inflammation of the spine’, but adopted by Glisson as a learned form of ‘rickets’: see further discussion at rickets n.Compare post-classical Latin rachitis spinal medulla (1555 or earlier). 1. Medicine. Rickets. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > rickets English disease1609 rickets1634 rachitis1668 ricketiness1673 English sickness1707 innutrition of the bones1796 rosary1872 rickety rosary1873 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. viii. 223 Cramp, stitch... Rickets, rachitis. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 288 A Child aged 9 years, having been formerly diseased with the Rachitis, and afterwards with the King's-Evill, the left Jaw grew preternaturally big. 1685 W. S. tr. J. Mayow (title) Rhachitidologia, or, A tract of the disease rhachitis, commonly called the rickets shewing the signes, cause, symptoms, and prognosticks. 1717 D. Turner Syphilis 5 The last of these Authors thinks it however brought from Guinea in Africa, where it is Endemial, if not Indigenous, as the Scorbutus to Holland, the Rachitis to our Island. 1726 tr. J.-L. Petit Treat. Dis. Bones xvii. 464 The Rhachitis is a Disease almost peculiar to Children. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 241 The vertebral column presents this softening in a very marked degree in cases of rachitis. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 712/2 In rachitis, the bones may be bent in any direction. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 5 163 The child..suffered from so severe a case of rhachitis that he could not walk. 1932 R. H. Gault Criminology vi. 92 A small proportion of the group..are victims of malnutrition and rachitis which have left them with many physical abnormalities. 1995 J. Jensen Prehistory of Denmark vii. 83 Rachitis has been identified on skeletons from the Neolithic period in Denmark. 2. Botany. Premature falling of the fruit or seed of a plant, before maturity. rare. ΚΠ 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. xiv. 300 Rachitis, or premature falling of grain. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 152 Rachitis, a disease producing abortion in the fruit or seed. 1930 C. Elliott Man. Bacterial Plant Pathogens ii. 297 Mal nero consists of a pathological process peculiar to the aerial organs of the vine. It becomes evident externally by the rachitis of sprouts in Spring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1668
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