raquitismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/ [χa.kiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.kiˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ra‧qui‧tis‧mo

Noun

raquitismo m (usually uncountable, plural raquitismos)

1. (pathology) rickets (disorder that causes soft bones)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs) +‎ -ismo.

Noun

raquitismo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) rickets

Further reading

• “raquitismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014