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rachitic rosary

 
Dental Dictionary: rachitic rosary

n

A beading of the ribs at the costochondral junction such as occurs in rickets.

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n.

A row of beadlike prominences at the junction of a rib and its cartilage, often seen in rachitic children. Also called beading of ribs.

 
 

 

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