Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a condition of infants characterized by the thinning and softening of the cranial bones in spots. Some cases seem to be connected with rachitis and some with syphilis.
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Examples
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Under these circumstances the humerus and femur appear to be the bones most likely to break; there is an associate deformity of the head, known as "craniotabes," together with pigeon-breast and various spinal curvature.
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Common features of rickets include softness of the infant's skull (craniotabes) and enlargement of the front end of the ribs (creating the "rachitic rosary").
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Under these circumstances the humerus and femur appear to be the bones most likely to break; there is an associate deformity of the head, known as ` ` craniotabes, '' together with pigeon-breast and various spinal curvature.
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