- pseudorickets
- SYN: renal rickets.
* * *
pseu·do·rick·ets (soo″do-rikґəts) renal osteodystrophy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
* * *
pseu·do·rick·ets (soo″do-rikґəts) renal osteodystrophy.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Rickets — A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to mineralize bone. This softens bone (producing osteomalacia) and permits marked bending and distortion of bones. Up through the first… … Medical dictionary