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rachitic adj

(pathology) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets (“a disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones”). (figurative) In a precarious or weak condition; likely to break down or collapse; feeble, rickety.

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