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# rickets

noun (rickets — uncountable, used with a singular verb)

«rickets» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A disease in children that makes bones soft and weak, so legs can bend, usually caused by not getting enough vitamin D, sunlight or calcium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health and history lessons rickets shows why vitamin D and sunlight matter; it was common in smoky Victorian cities and is now rare but can still happen. Phrases: suffer from rickets, prevent rickets.

### Examples

- Rickets makes children's bones bend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x1)
- Victorian children in dark, smoky cities often had rickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x2)
- Sunlight helps your skin make vitamin D, which prevents rickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x3)
- Fish, eggs and fortified milk help stop rickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x4)
- The doctor said rickets is rare today but still happens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x5)
- Cod liver oil was given to children to prevent rickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#x6)

### Note

Ends in -s but is not a plural: rickets is a disease (not a ricket). Doctors use it for children; the adult illness is called osteomalacia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rickets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rickets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rickets.html) on Mova free.