scurvy in Spanish
scurvy in Spanish is escorbuto — scurvy means a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing bleeding gums, loose teeth, and skin spots.
scurvy in Spanish
escorbuto
(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.
What does "scurvy" mean?
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noun A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing bleeding gums, loose teeth, and skin spots.
"Sailors on long voyages once suffered terribly from scurvy before citrus fruit became standard rations."
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adjective Mean, despicable, or contemptible.
"a scurvy knave a scurvy trick"
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scurvy in a sentence
- Sailors on long voyages once suffered terribly from scurvy before citrus fruit became standard rations.
- Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
- a scurvy knave a scurvy trick
- That was a scurvy trick to play on your own brother.
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What is "scurvy" in Spanish?
"scurvy" in Spanish is escorbuto. scurvy means: A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing bleeding gums, loose teeth, and skin spots.
How do you use "scurvy" in a sentence?
Example: "Sailors on long voyages once suffered terribly from scurvy before citrus fruit became standard rations." In Spanish, "scurvy" is escorbuto.
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