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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as scurvy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Scurvy.

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  • noun pathology The disease scurvy.

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  • noun a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

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From New Latin or Late Latin.

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