scorbutic
adjective
pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
scorbutically
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a word derived from
scorbutic.
Example Sentences
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Her gums were scorbutically affected, and bled constantly; she lost all her teeth.
From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Margaret Fuller
