scurvy
noun/ˈskɜːvi/
/ˈskɜːrvi/
[uncountable]- a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C from not eating enough fruit and vegetablesWord Originlate Middle English (as an adjective meaning ‘flaky skin’): from scurf + -y. The current noun use (mid 16th cent.) is by association with French scorbut from modern Latin scorbuticus, from medieval Latin scorbutus ‘scurvy’, perhaps from Middle Low German schorbūk (from schoren ‘to break’ + būk ‘belly’).
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