Scurvy

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  • noun. A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and extreme weakness.
  • adjective. Mean; contemptible.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A disease usually presenting swollen, spongy, easily bleeding gums, fibrinous effusion into some of the muscles, rendering them hard and brawny, hemorrhages beneath the skin, rheumatoid pains, anemia, and prostration.
  • Scurfy; covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; diseased with scurvy; scorbutic.
  • Vile; mean; low; vulgar; worthless; contemptible; paltry; shabby: as, a scurvy fellow.
  • Offensive; mischievous; malicious.
  • noun. The black mustard, Brassica nigra.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
  • noun. A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions. It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species of plants.
  • adjective. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
  • adjective. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • adjective. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of the most contemptible kind
  • noun. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
    • Word Usage
    "The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times ..."
    cross-reference
    buttonscurvy  land-scurvy  morphew  scorbutus  
    Equivalent
    contemptible  
    Form
    scurvily  scurviness  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    avitaminosis  hypovitaminosis  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ague  asthma  dehydration  diarrhoea  distemper  
    variant
    scurvier  scurviest  
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