Definition of "scorbutus" []

• The disease scurvy. (noun)

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• "The approximation of these two cases to sea-scurvy is peculiar, and may allow them to be called scorbutus pulmonalis."
• "This indicates on the one hand that the substance is an acid, on the other hand that it has a counteracting effect on scurvy, the medical name of which is scorbutus; thus the word ascorbic acid is equivalent to anti-scurvy acid."
• "= Scurvy = — “scorbutus” of medical writers — is a disease which, even in its incipient and early stages, when its presence is often unsuspected, is most injurious to the skin and complexion."