- Childhood disease caused by vitamin D deficiency - Children disease from lack of vitamin D - Children's disease from lack of vitamin D - Children’s disease from lack of vitamin D - Childrens disease from lack of vitamin D - Vitamin D deficiency - A disease which affects children, and which is
characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs,
enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short
stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The
essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of
earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this
malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
- Disease caused by shortage of Vitamin C - Disease caused by vitamin C deficiency - Disease due to a lack of vitamin C - Disease due to lack of vitamin C - Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy;
specifically, diseased with the scurvy. - Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. - A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about
the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums,
and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by
paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned
by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by
lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a
limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the
system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.