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rachitic

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rachitic /ra·chit·ic/ (rah-kit´ik) pertaining to rickets.
rachitic.
See rickets.
rachitic [rah-kit´ik]
pertaining to rickets.
rachitic
pertaining to rickets.
rachitic rosary
the visible enlargements of the costochondral junctions in rickets.
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