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English
Etymology
From anti- + scorbutic.
Adjective
antiscorbutic (comparative more antiscorbutic, superlative most antiscorbutic)
- (pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy
Translations
preventing or curing scurvy
Noun
antiscorbutic (plural antiscorbutics)
- (pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.
Translations
a medicine that prevents or cures scurvy
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French antiscorbutique.
Noun
antiscorbutic n (plural antiscorbutice)
- antiscorbutic
Declension
Declension of antiscorbutic