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scorbutic

scor·bu·tic

uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy

  • “scorbutic symptoms”

Origin

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

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