raquitismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/ [χa.kiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.kiˈtiʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: ra‧qui‧tis‧mo

Noun

raquitismo m (usually uncountable, plural raquitismos)

(pathology) rickets (disorder that causes soft bones)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs) +‎ -ismo.

Noun

raquitismo m (uncountable)

(pathology) rickets

Further reading

“raquitismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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