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)

Further reading

• “raquitismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “raquitismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rakiˈtismo/ [ra.kiˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ra‧qui‧tis‧mo

Noun

raquitismo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) rickets

Further reading

• “raquitismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025