Scorbutic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy wordnet

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allergicanemicarthriticbiliouscarcinogeniccolicky

Etymology

From early New Latin scorbūticus (“pertaining to scurvy”), from scorbūtus (“scurvy”), from French scorbut, of Germanic origin.

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