What is another word for scorbutic?

Pronunciation: [skɔːbjˈuːtɪk] (IPA)

Scorbutic is an adjective that describes something that is related to or affected by scurvy. Some synonyms for scorbutic include diseased, unhealthy, unwell, sickly, malnourished, and undernourished. These terms describe the physical state of someone who suffers from scurvy or malnutrition, often due to a lack of vitamin C in their diet. Other related synonyms for scorbutic include emaciated, debilitated, frail, weak, and feeble. These words all highlight the physical weakness and deterioration that occurs in someone who is afflicted with scurvy. In general, synonyms for scorbutic often convey a sense of poor health, weakness, and general malaise.

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Usage examples for Scorbutic

In Concan they make a compound pill of the leaf-juice, powdered cubebs and camphor, to be dissolved in the mouth for ulcerated, bleeding or scorbutic gums.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The surgeon is to keep an exact journal of the effects of the wort in scorbutic and other putrid diseases not attended with pestilential symptoms, carefully and particularly noting down, previous to its administration, the cases in which it is given, describing the several symptoms, and relating the progress and effects from time to time, which journal is to be transmitted to us at the end of the voyage."
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
Its purple fruit has a pleasant acid flavor, and is probably a good anti-scorbutic.
"The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine"
Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine

Related words: food for scorbutic patients, acid for scorbutic patients, scorbutic diet, what is a scorbutic patient, foods for scorbutic patients

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