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rachitic
Part of speech: AdjectivePert. to the muscles of the back; rickety.
Usage examples "rachitic":- Rachitic with fear Gud's knees bent beneath him and he sank down in the blackness and shuddered in his soul. - "The Book of Gud", Dan Spain Harold Hersey.
- The rachitic element, when present, must also be treated. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
- He was short of stature, spindle- shanked, rachitic and malformed, and of his face, with its colossal nose, loose mouth and shallow brow, Giovio says that" it was the ugliest ever seen on man" - "The Life of Cesare Borgia", Raphael Sabatini.