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

In Peacock Station, Va., Farmer Paul Rhinehart, 76, stood before a rachitic barn and pointed to Marian and Irma Zielezinski, who were feeding a yardful of clamorous chickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only power a President had in that emergency was to ring a gong, then wait while workmen hurried to the basement and jiggled the rachitic machinery back into motion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every trip on the rachitic Long Island Rail Road, every decision in the office or at home tied him up in knots.

From Time Magazine Archive

He calls attention to the fact that the scrofulous and rachitic diatheses in childhood are sometimes accompanied by this disorder.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)