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Definition of Antirachitic
1. a. Good against the rickets.
Definition of Antirachitic
1. Adjective. That cures or prevents rickets. ¹
2. Noun. Any drug that cures or prevents rickets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antirachitic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Antirachitic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antirachitic
Literary usage of Antirachitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by National Canners Association (1917)
"There are unquestionably at least five influential factors involved, ie, exercise,
sunlight, calcium, phosphorus and the antirachitic vitamin. ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"If, therefore, fat-soluble A and the antirachitic factor are identical, ...
One of the difficulties involved in considering the antirachitic factor and ..."
3. Vital Factors of Foods: Vitamins and Nutrition by Carleton Ellis, Annie Louise Macleod (1922)
"Animal fats are more antirachitic than vegetable fats, and the latter differ among
... From this it would seem that if A and the antirachitic factor is ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"Having reduced the acute stage by means of sedative treatment, we do not expect
to get permanent relief except by antirachitic treatment. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"Mellanby brings evidence to show that the antirachitic vitamine is the same as
fat-soluble-A, which is not destroyed in plants by drying. ..."
6. The Vitamins by Henry Clapp Sherman, Sybil Laura Smith (1922)
"... Drummond, Harden and Mellanby, 1919) and has been so completely accepted by
some as to lead them to speak of vitamin A as the "antirachitic vitamin. ..."
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