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n. A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and extreme weakness.

adj. Mean; contemptible.

n. A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.

adj. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

adj. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.

adj. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.

n. A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.

Scurfy; covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; diseased with scurvy; scorbutic.

Vile; mean; low; vulgar; worthless; contemptible; paltry; shabby: as, a scurvy fellow.

Offensive; mischievous; malicious.

n. A disease usually presenting swollen, spongy, easily bleeding gums, fibrinous effusion into some of the muscles, rendering them hard and brawny, hemorrhages beneath the skin, rheumatoid pains, anemia, and prostration.

n. The black mustard, Brassica nigra.

adj. of the most contemptible kind

n. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

"The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times ..."

contemptible   

hypovitaminosis    avitaminosis   

land-scurvy    scorbutus    buttonscurvy    morphew   

scurvier    scurviest   

scurviness    scurvily   

scabby    scurfy    vile    mean    low    vulgar    contemptible    scorbutus    paltry    Cheadle's disease   

smallpox    rheumatism    dysentery    ague    syphilis    distemper    malady    pox    malnutrition    influenza