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Scorbutic


SCORBU'TIC,

SCORBU'TICAL, adjective [Latin scorbutus, the scurvy. See Scurf, Scurvy.]

1. Affected or diseased with scurvy; as a scorbutic person.

2. Pertaining to scurvy, or partaking of its nature; as scorbutic complaints or symptoms.

3. Subject to scurvy; as a scorbutic habit.