rachitic rosary

noun

The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of patients suffering from rickets.

Meanings

nounrachitic rosary (countable and uncountable, plural rachitic rosaries)

plural rachitic rosaries

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of patients suffering from rickets.
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