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Webster 1913 Edition


Antiscorbutic

Anˊti-scor-bu′tic

,
Adj.
(Med.)
Counteracting scurvy.
Noun.
A remedy for scurvy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antiscorbutic

ANTISCORBU'TIC

,
Adj.
[anti and scorbutic.] which see.]
Counteracting the scurvy.

ANTISCORBU'TIC

,
Noun.
A remedy for the scurvy.

Definition 2024


antiscorbutic

antiscorbutic

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-scorbutic

Adjective

antiscorbutic (comparative more antiscorbutic, superlative most antiscorbutic)

  1. (pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy

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Noun

antiscorbutic (plural antiscorbutics)

  1. (pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.

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