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ῥᾰχ-ίτης

rachites · ὁ

in, of the spine, spinal

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What it meant — LSJ

in, of the spine, spinal

in or of the spine, μυελὸς ῥ. the spinal marrow, Hp. Coac. 499, Arist. PA 651b32; without μ., ib. 652a30, cf. ῥάχις I; ῥ. μύες Gal. UP 12.8.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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