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scorbutic

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scor·bu·tic  (skôr-bytk) also scor·bu·ti·cal (-t-kl)
adj.
Of, relating to, resembling, or affected by scurvy.
[New Latin scorbticus, from scorbtus, scurvy, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
scorbutic [skɔːˈbjuːtɪk]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) of, relating to, or having scurvy
[from New Latin scorbūticus, from Medieval Latin scorbūtus, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English sceorf scurf, Middle Low German scorbuk scurvy]
scorbutically  adv
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Adj.1.scorbutic - of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy; "scorbutic symptoms"
Translations
scorbutic [skɔːˈbjuːtɪk] ADJ → escorbútico
scorbutic
adj → skorbutisch
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