rachiticadj.

Brit.

/rəˈkɪtɪk/,

/raˈkɪtɪk/, U.S.

/rəˈkɪdɪk/

Forms: 1700s– rachitic, 1800s rachetic (nonstandard), 1800s– rhachitic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rachitis n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < rachitis n. + -ic suffix, perhaps after post-classical Latin rachiticus (1731 or earlier), French rachitique (1741).

1. Medicine.

a. Of or relating to rickets.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > rickets

rickety1679

rachitic1746

rachitogenic1927

1709 J. Floyer Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 3) i. 158 They are also good Anti-Phthisicks, Anti-Scorbuticks, Febrifuges, Anti-Rheumaticks, Anti-Rachiticks.]

1746 tr. J. Astruc Gen. Treat. Dis. Children 216 The Rickets approaches to the nature of a mild lues, when it is of the hot kind, or when the rachitic fomes is more active than ordinary.

1779 J. Aitken Systematic Elements Theory & Pract. Surg. 216 Encephalocele is a rare affection... The young rachitic constitution..will probably be most susceptible of it.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 486 A constitution naturally feeble and rachetic.

1865 H. W. Baxley What I saw on W. Coast of S. & N. Amer. 314 The scrofulous, rachitic, and scorbutic diatheses are greatly improved by the waters of the Cordillera.

1899 Lancet 24 June 1719/2 The older the patient the more localised did rachitic changes tend to be.

1934 Nature 5 May 691/1 The dwarfism..is not rachitic but achondroplastic.

1990 Lancet 26 May 1240/1 Renal hypophosphataemic rickets is characterised by..rachitic bone changes, [etc.].

b. Affected with rickets; = rickety adj. 1a.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > rickets > affected with

rickety1650

ricketed1655

ricketing1659

ricketly1659

ricketisha1661

rachitic1784

ricketic1884

1784 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic (ed. 4) IV. 344 As in rachitic persons a thinner state of the blood..so commonly appears.

1797 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. July 175 In general the bile is wanting in rachitic infants.

1855 Househ. Words 25 Aug. 89 Unfortunate little objects..with rachitic limbs.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. vii. 897 The shape of the chest in rachitic children becomes remarkably modified.

1907 Lancet 27 July 232/1 In the case of the civilised woman the narrow and often rachitic pelvis makes the physiological act of parturition a distinctly painful operation.

1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xvii. 460 The rachitic child..is also often a mouth-breather.

2005 Jrnl. Pediatrics 147 109 We conclude that mothers of rachitic children should be investigated and treated for vitamin D deficiency.

2. figurative. Feeble; liable to collapse. Cf. rickety adj. 2.

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety

seely1562

crazy1583

ramshackled1675

creachy1715

rickly1715

rickety1741

palsified1775

shackling1790

ramshackling1815

paralytic1824

rackety1824

rattletrap1824

cocklety1828

ramshackle1830

shickery?1833

shackly1843

shattery1844

shaky1850

ramshackly1857

cockly1859

rachitic1864

ruckly1866

tumble-over1883

palsied1889

rattle-bag1896

shauchly1896

bockety1902

ruggy1929

rickety-rackety1931

ropy1942

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. 25 The youngest, and the most rachitic of Great Britain's large..family of colonies.

1935 E. M. Benson John Marin 14 Scrawny, rachitic, counterfeit visions.

1950 S. J. Perelman Swiss Family Perelman iii. 50 Before the screw has quite stopped revolving, busloads of tourists begin disappearing into the scrub to eavesdrop on some rachitic aborigine at his vespers or gape at the headstone of a forgotten conquistador.

1977 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Jan. 20/3 It's the rachitic old administrators who can't keep up.

1989 C. Fuentes & A. J. MacAdam tr. C. Fuentes Christopher Unborn (1990) iv. v. 185 Matamoros Moreno..closed the rachitic door of the Acapulco Institute.

1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 14/3 The General is prematurely aged, rachitic, emaciated, withered, racked by fever and ravaged by disease.

2000 Econ. Times (Nexis) 14 July People were unwilling to replace old, rachitic trucks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rachitic
释义	rachiticadj. Brit. /rəˈkɪtɪk/, /raˈkɪtɪk/, U.S. /rəˈkɪdɪk/ Forms: 1700s– rachitic, 1800s rachetic (nonstandard), 1800s– rhachitic. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rachitis n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < rachitis n. + -ic suffix, perhaps after post-classical Latin rachiticus (1731 or earlier), French rachitique (1741). 1. Medicine. a. Of or relating to rickets. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > rickets rickety1679 rachitic1746 rachitogenic1927 1709 J. Floyer Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 3) i. 158 They are also good Anti-Phthisicks, Anti-Scorbuticks, Febrifuges, Anti-Rheumaticks, Anti-Rachiticks.] 1746 tr. J. Astruc Gen. Treat. Dis. Children 216 The Rickets approaches to the nature of a mild lues, when it is of the hot kind, or when the rachitic fomes is more active than ordinary. 1779 J. Aitken Systematic Elements Theory & Pract. Surg. 216 Encephalocele is a rare affection... The young rachitic constitution..will probably be most susceptible of it. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 486 A constitution naturally feeble and rachetic. 1865 H. W. Baxley What I saw on W. Coast of S. & N. Amer. 314 The scrofulous, rachitic, and scorbutic diatheses are greatly improved by the waters of the Cordillera. 1899 Lancet 24 June 1719/2 The older the patient the more localised did rachitic changes tend to be. 1934 Nature 5 May 691/1 The dwarfism..is not rachitic but achondroplastic. 1990 Lancet 26 May 1240/1 Renal hypophosphataemic rickets is characterised by..rachitic bone changes, [etc.]. b. Affected with rickets; = rickety adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > rickets > affected with rickety1650 ricketed1655 ricketing1659 ricketly1659 ricketisha1661 rachitic1784 ricketic1884 1784 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic (ed. 4) IV. 344 As in rachitic persons a thinner state of the blood..so commonly appears. 1797 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. July 175 In general the bile is wanting in rachitic infants. 1855 Househ. Words 25 Aug. 89 Unfortunate little objects..with rachitic limbs. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. vii. 897 The shape of the chest in rachitic children becomes remarkably modified. 1907 Lancet 27 July 232/1 In the case of the civilised woman the narrow and often rachitic pelvis makes the physiological act of parturition a distinctly painful operation. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xvii. 460 The rachitic child..is also often a mouth-breather. 2005 Jrnl. Pediatrics 147 109 We conclude that mothers of rachitic children should be investigated and treated for vitamin D deficiency. 2. figurative. Feeble; liable to collapse. Cf. rickety adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. 25 The youngest, and the most rachitic of Great Britain's large..family of colonies. 1935 E. M. Benson John Marin 14 Scrawny, rachitic, counterfeit visions. 1950 S. J. Perelman Swiss Family Perelman iii. 50 Before the screw has quite stopped revolving, busloads of tourists begin disappearing into the scrub to eavesdrop on some rachitic aborigine at his vespers or gape at the headstone of a forgotten conquistador. 1977 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Jan. 20/3 It's the rachitic old administrators who can't keep up. 1989 C. Fuentes & A. J. MacAdam tr. C. Fuentes Christopher Unborn (1990) iv. v. 185 Matamoros Moreno..closed the rachitic door of the Acapulco Institute. 1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 14/3 The General is prematurely aged, rachitic, emaciated, withered, racked by fever and ravaged by disease. 2000 Econ. Times (Nexis) 14 July People were unwilling to replace old, rachitic trucks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1746
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