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rakitis

Pronunciation: /raˈkitis/

“rakitis” is an Indonesian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. rickets, rachitis, rhachitis

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rachitis, from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677), , from Koine Greek ῥαχῖτις (rhakhîtis) (in ῥαχῖτις νόσος (rhakhîtis nósos, “spinal inflammation”, literally “spinal disease”)), the feminine form of ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs, “in or of the spine, spinal”), from Ancient Greek ῥάχῐς (rhákhĭs, “lower part of the back; (anatomy) backbone,…

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