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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/#m1)

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

### In the corpora

- [Cod-liver oil contains omega-3 fats and vitamins A and D, and was used in the past to prevent rickets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rickets» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.