Definitions for scorbutic

scorbutic scor·bu·tic

Spelling: [skawr-byoo-tik]
IPA: /skɔrˈbyu tɪk/

Scorbutic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 367 anagrams from letters in scorbutic (bcciorstu).

Definitions for scorbutic

adjective

  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.

Origin of scorbutic

1645-55; New Latin scorbūticus, equivalent to Medieval Latin scorbūt(us) scurvy (≪ Middle Low German scorbûk) + -icus -ic

Examples for scorbutic

Eight cases of scorbutic gums were already upon my black-list.

Cases which have been described as malaria with scorbutic complications belong mostly to the last variety.

While a prisoner he contracted a scorbutic affection which rendered miserable thirty years of his life.

A scorbutic epidemic was already fast emptying the dungeons.

scorbutic patients are an exception, they often crave for sweetmeats and jams.

They also gave me some sugarcane, which I distributed to such of my men as were scorbutic.

Detergent; in scorbutic eruptions, and foul ulcers, and to prevent infection.

"C'est une ville morte," said a dumpy lady with a scorbutic face, who drank her after-dinner coffee in the dining-room with me.

At one time Tacamahaca enjoyed a high reputation as an internal remedy for urinary and scorbutic affections.

Carbonate of potassa is thought to be preferable to carbonate of soda, when the above affections occur in scorbutic habits.

Word Value for scorbutic
Scrable

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Words with friends

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