For Rickets we have terms and definitions in 7 topics. The topics are Baby, Dairy Production, Genealogy, Genealogy Disease, Hamster, Medical and Nutrition.

Rickets (Baby)

Caused by a vitamin D deficiency, rickets is a bone-deforming disease that causes bowed legs, knock-knees, or other deformities of the legs. Because the government has mandated that milk, cereal, and other foods be fortified with vitamin D, rickets is fairly rare in the United States.

Rickets (Dairy Production)

A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or lack of sunshine exposure, characterized by defective bone growth.

Rickets (Genealogy)

Disease of the skeletal system

Rickets (Genealogy Disease)

Disease of skeletal system

Rickets (Hamster)

A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient exposure to sunlight, characterized by defective bone growth. Also called Rachitis.

Rickets (Medical)

A childhood disease in which bones lack calcium and are deformed as a result of vitamin D deficiency (vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium)

Rickets (Nutrition)

Crippling bone deformities in children caused by a shortage of Vitamin D.

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