rachitis

n. 佝偻病, 脊柱炎 [医] 佝偻病, 脊柱炎

发音

UK /ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/
其它
UK /ɹæ-/
US /ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/
US /-ɾɪs/

别名

rhachitis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Rickets.

    不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    A disease that produces abortion in the flower, seed, or fruit.

    不可数 生物 植物学

词汇关系

词源

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677) to refer to rickets, 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, spine”) (probably ultimately Pre-Greek) + -ῖτις (-îtis) (feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘one connected to’)). By surface analysis, rach- + -itis.

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