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antirachitic

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an·ti·ra·chit·ic (nt-r-ktk, nt-)
adj.
Curing or preventing rickets.
antirachitic
[-rəkit′ik]
pertaining to an agent used to treat rickets.
antirachitic [an″te-, an″ti-rah-kit´ik]
therapeutically effective against rickets.
antirachitic
therapeutically effective against rickets.
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Although there are indications that between 1752 and 1784 fish liver oil had been used against 'bone disease and rheuma', it was not until much later, in the 1920s, that its antirachitic effect was discovered to be due to vitamin D, cholecalciferol.
Vitamin D: what shall we tell them? by Wood, E.J. / Clinical Dermatology
 
 
 
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