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rachitic

adjective ra·chit·ic \rə-ˈki-tik\

Definition of RACHITIC

:  rickety
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Origin of RACHITIC

New Latin rachitis rickets, from Greek rhachitis spinal disease, from rhachis
First Known Use: 1797

Rhymes with RACHITIC

arthritic, bauxitic, bronchitic, calcitic, chloritic, Cushitic, dendritic, enclitic, form critic, granitic, graphitic, Hamitic, jaditic, lignitic, mephitic, nephritic, New Critic, pleuritic, proclitic, pruritic, pyritic, Sanskritic, Semitic, Shemitic, Sinitic, stylitic, sulfitic
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rachitic

adjective ra·chit·ic \rə-ˈkit-ik\

Medical Definition of RACHITIC

:  of, relating to, or affected by rickets <rachitic lesions> <a rachitic child>

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