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scorbutic, a. and n. Path.|skɔːˈbjuːtɪk|
Also 7–8 scorbutick, 8 scurbutick.
[ad. mod.L. scorbūticus: see prec. and -ic. Cf. F. scorbutique.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to scurvy; symptomatic of or proceeding from scurvy; of the nature of scurvy. Of a patient: Affected with scurvy.
scorbutic gums, a condition of the gums induced by scurvy, characterized by swelling and a tendency to bleed.
1655Culpeper, etc. Riverius i. v. 19 This is very manifest from the Scorbutick Palsey, or that which is joyned with the Scurvy. 1665E. Maynwaring Treat. Scurvy 51 The colour of scorbutick spots declaring this Disease, is to be regarded. 1694tr. Marten's Voy. Spitzbergen in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. 194 Plenty of Vetches, which recover'd our Scorbutick Men. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. ii. 311 Vegetables extremely conducive to the cure of..scorbutic disorders. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 425/1 No attempt..at any chemical examination of the properties of scorbutic blood. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxxii, A renewal of hostilities between the scorbutic youth and the gentleman in the sanguine shirt. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxi. (1856) 267 Eight cases of scorbutic gums were already on my black-list. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 128 Rickets is produced as certainly by rhachitic diet, as is scurvy by a scorbutic diet. 1898Ibid. V. 589 Very frequently the first manifestations of a scorbutic taint are excited by extreme cold.
†2. Of articles of diet, remedies, etc.: Good against scurvy, anti-scorbutic. Obs.
1696Salmon Fam. Dict., Scorbutic-Syrup. Ibid., Scorbutick-Water. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. (1719) 17 A sweetning Scorbutic Ale. Ibid. 187 A Scorbutic Foment. 1789Buchan Dom. Med. App. (1790) 705 Scorbutic Whey. This whey is made by boiling half a pint of the scorbutic juices in a quart of cow's milk... The scorbutic plants are, bitter oranges, brooklime, garden scurvy-grass, and water-cresses.
B. n.
†1. The scurvy. Obs. rare—1.
1676Lady A. Fanshawe Mem. (1830) 118 He was advised to go to Bath for his scorbutic, that still hung on him.
†2. A remedy for the scurvy, an anti-scorbutic.
a1774Harte Eulogius 85 Spoon-wort was there, scorbutics to supply.
3. ‘One affected with scurvy’.
1855Dunglison Med. Lex. |