a disease that mainly affects children in which their bones become soft and bend. It is caused by a lack of vitamin D in the food that they eat or by too little exposure to sunlight.
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US /ˈrɪkɪts/
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a disease that mainly affects children in which their bones become soft and bend. It is caused by a lack of vitamin D in the food that they eat or by too little exposure to sunlight.