scorbutic

英 [skɔː'bjuːtɪk]
  • 坏血病的
  • 坏血病患者

英文词源


scorbutic (adj.)
1650s, from Modern Latin scorbuticus "pertaining to scurvy," from scorbutus "scurvy," from French scorbut, apparently of Dutch (scheurbuik) or Low German (Scharbock) origin; see scurvy. Scorbute "scurvy" is attested from 1590s, from French.

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