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This tag is for questions about the use of English in the science or practice of medicine. It can include medical terminology. Consider adding [terminology] tag if seeking for a term also.
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Does "rickety" come from "rickets" or vice versa?
Again, in regards to the medical sense of the adjective.
"liable to collapse or come clattering down," 1680s, with + -y (2) + rickets, via the notion of "weak, unhealthy, feeble in the joints." …
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