rachitic rosary

Costochondral swelling (aka "rickety rosary" or "rachitic rosary")

Rachitic rosary is due to a deficiency of calcium resulting in lack of mineralization and an overgrowth of costochondral joint cartilage.

The dwarf's wife was, if not almost beautiful, at least pretty from a certain distance; her forehead was pockmarked and she bore the stigmata of rickets . . . frontal bossing, rachitic rosary.