English-Thai Dictionary
rickets
N โรค กระดูกอ่อน rok-kra-duk-on
rickety
ADJ จวนจะ พัง ง่อนแง่น จวนจะ แตกหัก ramshackle shaky unstable juan-ja-pang
rickety
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็นโรค กระดูกอ่อน ซึ่ง มี ลักษณะ เป็นโรค กระดูกอ่อน sueng-pen-rok-kra-duk-on
rickety
ADJ อ่อนแอ ขี้โรค เปราะบาง tottering weak on-are
rickety
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ โรค กระดูกอ่อน kiao-kab-rok-kra-duk-on
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RICKETS
n.[In technical language, rachitis, Gr. from back or spine, Eng. rack, applied to the neck piece of meat. See Rack and Ridge. ] A disease which affects children, and in which the joints become knotted, and the legs and spine grow crooked. As the child advances in life, the head is enlarged, the thorax is compressed on the sides, and the sternum rises.
RICKETY
a. 1. Affected with rickets.
2. Weak; feeble in the joints; imperfect.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RICKER
RICKER Rick "er, n.
Defn: A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
RICKETISH
RICKETISH Rick "et *ish, a.
Defn: Rickety. [Obs. ] Fuller.
RICKETS
Rick "ets, n. pl. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; but cf. AS. wrigian to bend, D. wrikken to shake, E. wriggle. ] (Med. )
Defn: A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
RICKETY
RICKETY Rick "et *y, a.
1. Affected with rickets.
2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rickets
rick ets |ˈrikits ˈrɪkɪts | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] Medicine a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of Greek rhakhitis (see rachitis ).
rickettsia
rick ett si a |riˈketsēə rəˈkɛtsiə | ▶noun ( pl. rickettsiae |-sēˌē, -sēˌī | or rickettsias ) any of a group of very small bacteria that includes the causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans. Like viruses, many of them can only grow inside living cells, and they are frequently transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice. [Genus Rickettsia, order Rickettsiales; Gram-negative rods. ] DERIVATIVES rick ett si al adjective ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871 –1910 ), American pathologist.
rickety
rick et y |ˈrikitē ˈrɪkɪdi | ▶adjective 1 (of a structure or piece of equipment ) poorly made and likely to collapse: we went carefully up the rickety stairs | figurative : a rickety banking system. 2 (of a person ) suffering from rickets. DERIVATIVES rick et i ness noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from rickets + -y 1 .
rickey
rick ey |ˈrikē ˈrɪki | ▶noun ( pl. rickeys ) a drink consisting of liquor, typically gin, mixed with lime juice, carbonated water, and ice: gin rickey. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from the surname Rickey.
Oxford Dictionary
rickets
rickets |ˈrɪkɪts | ▶noun [ mass noun treated as sing. or pl. ] Medicine a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of Greek rhakhitis (see rachitis ).
rickettsia
rickettsia |rɪˈkɛtsɪə | ▶noun ( pl. rickettsiae |-ɪiː | or rickettsias ) any of a group of very small bacteria that include the causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans. Like viruses, many of them can only grow inside living cells, and they are frequently transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice. ●Genus Rickettsia, order Rickettsiales; Gram-negative rods. DERIVATIVES rickettsial adjective ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871 –1910 ), American pathologist.
rickety
rick |ety |ˈrɪkɪti | ▶adjective 1 (of a structure or piece of equipment ) poorly made and likely to collapse: we went carefully up the rickety stairs | figurative : a rickety banking system. 2 affected by rickets. DERIVATIVES ricketiness noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from rickets + -y 1 .
rickey
rickey |ˈrɪki | ▶noun ( pl. rickeys ) N. Amer. a drink consisting of a spirit, typically gin, mixed with lime or lemon juice, carbonated water, and ice. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from the surname Rickey.
American Oxford Thesaurus
rickety
rickety adjective rickety stairs: shaky, unsteady, unsound, unsafe, tumbledown, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle.
Oxford Thesaurus
rickety
rickety adjective we went carefully up the rickety stairs: shaky, unsteady, unsound, unsafe, tottering, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating, tumbledown, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit; informal shambly, geriatric; N. Amer. informal shacky.
Duden Dictionary
Ricke
Ri cke Substantiv, feminin Jägersprache , die |R i cke |die Ricke; Genitiv: der Ricke, Plural: die Ricken wahrscheinlich Analogiebildung zu Zicke und Sicke weibliches Reh
Rickettsie
Ri ckett sie Substantiv, feminin Biologie, Medizin , die |Rick e ttsie …t͜si̯ə |die Rickettsie; Genitiv: der Rickettsie, Plural: die Rickettsien meist im Plural nach dem amerikanischen Pathologen H. T. Ricketts (1871 –1910 )zwischen Bakterie und Virus stehender Krankheitserreger
Rickettsien
Ri ckett si en Pluralwort Medizin , die |Rick e ttsien |die Rickettsien neulateinisch ; nach dem amerikanischen Pathologen Ricketts, 1871 –1910 zwischen Viren und Bakterien stehende Krankheitserreger besonders des Fleckfiebers
Rickettsiose
Ri ckett si o se Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Rickettsi o se |die Rickettsiose; Genitiv: der Rickettsiose, Plural: die Rickettsiosen durch Rickettsien hervorgerufene Krankheit
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rickets
rick ets /rɪ́kɪts /名詞 U くる病 〘ビタミンD不足により骨が軟化し, 肝臓と脾 (ひ ) 臓が肥大する小児病 〙.
rickety
rick et y /rɪ́kəti /形容詞 1 〈家具 建造物などが 〉ぐらつく, がたつく, がたぴしする ; 今にも壊れそうな ▸ a rickety old door 古くてがたついたドア 2 〈ひざが 〉がくがくする .3 〈理論 仮説などが 〉あやうい .