raquitismo
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
raquitismo is spelled R-A-Q-U-I-T-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raquitismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rickets (disorder that causes soft bones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença da infância e adolescência devida à carência de vitamina D, que se caracteriza por uma mineralização…”.
What does raquitismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerickets (disorder that causes soft bones)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença da infância e adolescência devida à carência de vitamina D, que se caracteriza por uma mineralização insuficiente dos ossos 2. desenvolvimento anormal das plantas, caracterizado pela atrofia dos tecidos e órgãos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of raquitismo
- raquitismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raquitismo?
- Brazil /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- Brazil [ha.kiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
- /ʁa.kiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raquitismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raquitismo in Portuguese?
raquitismo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).