scurvy in English

adjective
1
worthless or contemptible.
that was a scurvy trick
noun
1
a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century.
So it's a little bit different to the sort of classic nutritional deficiency diseases, like scurvy , it seems to be slightly more complicated than that.
adjective
noun
    scorbutus

Use "scurvy" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "scurvy" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "scurvy", or refer to the context using the word "scurvy" in the English Dictionary.

1. Up here, you scurvy scum.

2. He's a scurvy wretch.

3. (Medicine) preventing or curing scurvy: Antiscorbutic foods.

4. Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.

5. Vitamin deficiency can cause ill nesses, eg scurvy, rickets.

6. Curing or preventing scurvy: an Antiscorbutic vitamin.

7. Antiscorbutics) (pharmaceutical drug) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy

8. 17 Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.

9. Antiscorbutic (plural Antiscorbutics) (pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.

10. Despite some safety concerns, people take lesser Celandine by mouth for hemorrhoids and scurvy, a

11. A, such as scurvy, beriberi, or, caused by deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.

12. Ferns poured out of a window; scurvy grass lay rotting by the wail.

13. Antiscorbutic definition is - counteracting scurvy. How to use Antiscorbutic in a sentence.

14. Blackthorne was famished and his mouth and body ached from the scurvy.

15. 18 That was a scurvy trick to play on an old lady.

16. The worst symptoms of scurvy were under control, although the fatigue and bruising persisted.

17. This has led to many cases of rickets, scurvy, blindness, goiter and the like.

18. Bruising occurs more commonly with vitamin C deficiency (ascorbic acid deficiency or scurvy)

19. Vitamin A lack of will have nyctalopia , Lack of vitamin C can scurvy.

20. A disease, as scurvy , beriberi , or pellagra, caused by deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.

21. Scurvy erases Antipatriotically throughout breezy arccosine; robotic, lumbodynia but unimputed terminal's captures out of his muffy nonphysical.

22. Adequate fresh water and Antiscorbutics to ward away scurvy played critical roles in his success

23. Diseases from our history texts, like rickets and scurvy, have begun to reappear in the West.

24. 30 These were the first long voyages that were not marked by the scourge of scurvy.

25. It was known to be Antiscorbutic – what that means its property that protects against a disease called scurvy

26. 26 Diseases from our history texts, like rickets and scurvy, have begun to reappear in the West.

27. In scurvy, however, onlyl-ascorbic acid (orl-dehydroascorbic acid, respectively) is able to cure the typical symptoms.

28. The lack of fresh fruit and vegetables gave rise to scurvy, one of the biggest killers at sea.

29. Because of this delay, fresh food ran short, and he lost many of his men to scurvy.

30. ---Medicinal Action and Uses---Lemon juice is probably the best of all Antiscorbutics, being almost a specific in scurvy

31. Instead he and his men suffered terribly from scorching, thirst, and scurvy, from which one of his officers died.

32. What does Avitaminosis mean? A disease, such as scurvy, beriberi, or pellagra, caused by deficiency of one or more es

33. The rise and fall of the "Antiscorbutics": some notes on the traditional cures for "land scurvy"

34. Now, however, the combined effects of scurvy, anemia and exhaustion kept him asleep twenty hours out of the day.

35. On his lengthy voyages, he stopped for fresh fruits and Antiscorbutics wherever he could, as he noticed these kept the seamen free of scurvy

36. During the unsuccessful siege of Nuremberg, in 1632, civilians and soldiers in both the Imperial and Swedish armies succumbed to typhus and scurvy.

37. Antiscorbutic a remedy or agent that prevents or cures scurvy Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Want to thank TFD for its existence?

38. 22 "Historically, we know that Napoleon had had toothache in 1816 and this was put down to a mouth inflammation diagnosed as scurvy , " valuer Chris Albury said.

39. The third, the so-called Antiscorbutic vitamine because of its action as preventative and cure for scurvy, is found in certain fruits and vegetables

40. In addition, their rotten teeth and scurvy skin were dyed on, although Depp did have gold teeth added, which he forgot to remove after filming.

41. At one point, while sick from scurvy, Richard is said to have picked off guards on the walls with a crossbow, while being carried on a stretcher.

42. Leviticus 21:20Or Crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; (KJV)

43. Camp conditions were initially rife with malnutrition and disease including measles, scurvy, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and beriberi, although camp conditions improved markedly between 1995 and 2005.

44. Antiscorbutics, foods thought to prevent the onset of scurvy, included dried vegetable soup tablets, malt, vinegar, and boiled, concentrated fruit juice known as "rob," made from an Arab recipe.

45. In 1747, James Lind's experiments on seamen suffering from scurvy involved adding lemon juice to their diets, though vitamin C was not yet known as an important dietary ingredient.

46. Antiscorbutic, an-ti-skor-būt′ik, adj. acting against scurvy. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various It is also regarded as diaphoretic, diuretic, and Antiscorbutic.

47. ‘Cook did, for example, but other captains didn't and it was an imperfectly understood thing, that you had to have Antiscorbutics in the diet otherwise you got scurvy.’

48. Avitaminosis is a group of diseases that is due to a lack of one or more than one vitamin. The diseases in the Avitaminosis group are pellagra, beriberi, scurvy, rickets, and night blindness

49. People take Chickweed for constipation, stomach and bowel problems, blood disorders, asthma and other lung diseases, obesity, a vitamin C deficiency disease called scurvy, a skin condition called psoriasis, rabies, itching, and muscle and joint pain.

50. Cranberry is suggested for use in urinary tract infection prevention, as a urinary deodorizer for incontinent patients, to treat type 2 diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, scurvy, pleurisy, as a diuretic, antiseptic, antipyretic, and to treat cancer.