ско́рбут — meaning in English
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English meaning
- scurvy noun A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing bleeding gums, loose teeth, and skin spots.
Senses
ско́рбут is used for these senses in English:
- scurvy (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.
scurvy — full definition
- noun A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing bleeding gums, loose teeth, and skin spots.
- adjective Mean, despicable, or contemptible.
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