noun
- a disease of children caused by lack of vitamin D, resulting in soft and deformed bones
Usage: medical
Examples
- The child developed rickets due to insufficient sunlight exposure.
- Rickets was common in industrial cities where children had little access to sunlight.
- Vitamin D supplements can prevent rickets in infants.
- The doctor diagnosed rickets after examining the child’s bowed legs.
- Fortified milk helps reduce the incidence of rickets.
- Historical records show rickets was widespread during the Industrial Revolution.