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SCORBUTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scorbutic mean?
• SCORBUTIC (adjective)
The adjective SCORBUTIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
Familiarity information: SCORBUTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
scorbutic symptoms
Pertainym:
scurvy (a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C))
Derivation:
scorbutus; scurvy (a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C))
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