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Scorbutic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or affected by scurvy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or of the nature of scurvy.

Affected, tainted, or diseased with scurvy; suffering from scurvy: as, scorbutic persons.

n. A person affected with scurvy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy

Word Usage

"The emplastrum de minio made to cover the whole of a swelled leg in this manner, whether the swelling is hard, which is usually termed scorbutic; or more easily compressible, as in anasarca, reduces the limb in two or three days to its natural size; for this purpose"

Equivalent

scorbutical

Antonym

antiscorbutic

Cross Reference

scorbutic dysentery scorbutic fever

Form

scorbic

Same Context

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