Medical Definition of Refractory rickets

1. Rickets that does not respond to treatment with usual doses of vitamin D and adequate dietary calcium and phosphorus. Most often due to inherited renal tubular disorder e.g., Fanconi syndrome. Renal rickets, a form of rickets occurring in children in association with and apparently caused by renal disease with hyperphosphatemia. Synonym: pseudorickets, renal fibrocystic osteosis, renal infantilism, renal osteitis fibrosa. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refractory Rickets

refractors
refractory
refractory-lined
refractory anaemia
refractory anaemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia
refractory cast
refractory flask
refractory lining
refractory metal
refractory metals
refractory period of electronic pacemaker
refractory pot
refractory rhyme
refractory rickets (current term)
refractory state
refracts
refracture
refractured
refractures
refracturing
refragable
refrain
refrained
refrainer
refrainers
refrainest
refraineth
refraining

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