Dictionary entry

Scorbutic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Scor‐bu″tic (?), Scor‐bu″tic‐al (?) }, a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. — Scor‐bu″tic‐al‐ly, adv.