antiscorbutic
[an-tee-skawr-byoo-tik, an-tahy-]Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
- efficacious against scurvy.
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- an antiscorbutic agent, as ascorbic acid.
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Origin of antiscorbutic
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There is almost no experimental data on the antiscorbutic value of eggs.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
Such, however, was not our experience in respect to the antiscorbutic vitamine.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
The antiscorbutic potency of blood may perhaps be compared to that of milk.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
It has been proposed to introduce the red subacid wines as drinks for our sailors, because of their antiscorbutic qualities.
Most of the other antiscorbutic and anti-venereal drops advertised by quacks have a like composition.
antiscorbutic
- preventing or curing scurvyantiscorbutic foods
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- an antiscorbutic remedy or agent
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antiscorbutic
(ăn′tē-skôr-byōō′tĭk, ăn′tī-)- Preventing or relieving scurvy.
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