rickets

«rickets» in Mova's school dictionary: A disease in children that makes bones soft and weak, so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 →
• Victorian children in dark, smoky cities often had rickets. tree →
• Sunlight helps your skin make vitamin D, which prevents rickets. tree →
• Fish, eggs and fortified milk help stop rickets. tree →
• The doctor said rickets is rare today but still happens. tree →
• Cod liver oil was given to children to prevent rickets. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Cod-liver oil contains omega-3 fats and vitamins A and D, and was used in the past to prevent rickets.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rickets» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.