rickets vs hypovitaminosis

rickets and hypovitaminosis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rickets	Yes	No	No	No
hypovitaminosis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hypovitaminosis is a hypernym of rickets; that is, hypovitaminosis is a word with a broader meaning than rickets:

rickets: childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
hypovitaminosis: any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

Other hypernyms of rickets include avitaminosis.

rickets (noun)	hypovitaminosis (noun)
childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus	any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins