rachitic
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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
Most important, if the daring financial gamble is won, it may encourage other European nations with overvalued, rachitic currencies, notably France and Greece, to push through their own tough financial programs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an industry that lost $200 million on passenger service in 1968, horror stories of unconscionable service and rachitic equipment are a valuable asset.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was small, rachitic, poor and struggling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Skutsch reports a case in which it was twice performed on a woman with a rachitic pelvis, and who the second time was pregnant with twins; the children and mother recovered.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
