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

Their March� aux Puces has grown into a cluster of six slightly separated markets, a jumble of tumble-down booths and rachitic sheds threaded by wandering, roofed passageways and covering an area of 150 acres.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The man who brought the Royal Canadian Navy up from rachitic infancy to lusty manhood headed this week across the Atlantic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Practically the only exception is in the rachitic form of ringbone which affects young animals.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor