Difference between Rachitis and Rickets

What is the difference between Rachitis and Rickets?

Rachitis as a noun is rickets while Rickets as a noun is a disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin d, causing soft bones.

Rachitis

Part of speech: noun

Definition: rickets

Rickets

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.

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