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Rickets is a disorder of infancy and early childhood of multiple etiologies. Rickets, causing
soft bones, may occur if enough vitamin D is not present
to assist in calcium
absorption. When enough calcium is not absorbed by the bone, it does not harden properly, and
is too soft to support the weight of the growing body properly. The disease of rickets takes
its name from the Greek word for spine, rhakhis.
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