Rickets

Rickets
This name is ultimately derived from the personal name "Richard", which is of Germanic origin and composed of the elements "ric", meaning "power" or "rule", and "hard", hardy, brave, or strong. The name was known in pre Conquest England, but became very widespread after 1066, from its popularity with the Normans. "Rickett(s)" can also derive from the personal name "Richer", again from the Germanic elements "ric" plus "heri" or "hari", meaning "army" and also introduced into England by the Normans as "Richier". From either source "Rickett(s) is a double diminutive, meaning "the son of Richards" (Rick's) son, the "s" on the name being here the patronymic form. Elizabeth Ricketts was christened in 1659 at St. James' Clerkenwell, London.A Coat of Arms was granted on 3rd November 1773 to William Ricards, as the name was originally spelt, served at the conquest of Jamaica, holding a captain's commission in 1665, which commission being made out to Ricketts. One of his sons, William founded the family of Ricketts in North America. The Coat of Arms has the blazon of erminois on a chevron between three red roses two swords in chevron proper their points crossing in saltire. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hester Rickett, who married John Scarborough, which was dated 1606, at St Mary Aldermary, London, during the reign of King James 1 of England and V1 of Scotland, 1603 - 1625. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • rickets — disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, 1630s, of uncertain origin. Originally a local name for the disease in Dorset and Somerset, England. Some derive it from a Dorset word, rucket to breathe with difficulty, but the sense connection is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • rickets — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) ▪ a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by softening and distortion of the bones. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of Greek rhakhitis rickets …   English terms dictionary

  • Rickets — Rick ets, n. pl. [Of uncertain origin; but cf. AS. wrigian to bend, D. wrikken to shake, E. wriggle.] (Med.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rickets — rickets. См. гиповитаминоз D. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • rickets — [rik′its] n. [altered < ? Gr rhachitis,RACHITIS] a disease of the skeletal system, chiefly of children, resulting from absence of the normal effect of vitamin D in depositing calcium salts in the bone, and characterized by a softening and,… …   English World dictionary

  • Rickets — Infobox Disease Name = Rickets ICD10 = ICD10|E|55| |e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|268 Caption = A family with rickets. Paris, 1900. DiseasesDB = 9351 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2014 MedlinePlus = 000344 MeshName = Rickets MeshNumber = D012279Rickets …   Wikipedia

  • Rickets — A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to mineralize bone. This softens bone (producing osteomalacia) and permits marked bending and distortion of bones. Up through the first… …   Medical dictionary

  • rickets — /rik its/, n. Pathol. a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism. [1635 45;… …   Universalium

  • rickets — n. a disease of childhood in which the bones do not harden due to a deficiency of vitamin D. Without vitamin D, not enough calcium salts are deposited in the bones to make them rigid: consequently they become soft and malformed. This is… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • rickets — [[t]rɪ̱kɪts[/t]] N UNCOUNT Rickets is a disease that children can get when their food does not contain enough Vitamin D. It makes their bones soft and causes their liver and spleen to become too large …   English dictionary

  • Rickets, celiac — Rickets caused by failure of the intestines to absorb calcium and fat from foods …   Medical dictionary

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