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antirachitic

World English Dictionary
antirachitic (ˌæntɪrəˈkɪtɪk)
 
adj
1.  preventing or curing rickets
 
n
2.  an antirachitic remedy or agent

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Antirachitic is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Medical Dictionary

antirachitic an·ti·ra·chit·ic (ān'tē-rə-kĭt'ĭk, ān'tī-)
adj.
Curing or preventing rickets.

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