antiscorbutic

[an-tee-skawr-byoo-tik, an-tahy-]Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology

adjective

efficacious against scurvy.

noun

an antiscorbutic agent, as ascorbic acid.

Origin of antiscorbutic

First recorded in 1715–25; anti- + scorbutic

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Historical Examples of antiscorbutic

There is almost no experimental data on the antiscorbutic value of eggs.
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess
Such, however, was not our experience in respect to the antiscorbutic vitamine.
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess
The antiscorbutic potency of blood may perhaps be compared to that of milk.
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess
It has been proposed to introduce the red subacid wines as drinks for our sailors, because of their antiscorbutic qualities.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Most of the other antiscorbutic and anti-venereal drops advertised by quacks have a like composition.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for antiscorbutic

antiscorbutic

adjective

preventing or curing scurvyantiscorbutic foods

noun

an antiscorbutic remedy or agent

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Word Origin and History for antiscorbutic

also anti-scorbutic, 1690s, from anti- + Modern Latin scorbutus "scurvy" (see scorbutic). From 1725 as an adjective.

Medicine definitions for antiscorbutic

antiscorbutic

[ăn′tē-skôr-byōō′tĭk, ăn′tī-]

adj.

Preventing or relieving scurvy.