antiscorbutic

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- +‎ scorbutic.

Adjective

antiscorbutic (comparative more antiscorbutic, superlative most antiscorbutic)

  1. (pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy

Translations

Noun

antiscorbutic (plural antiscorbutics)

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

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antiscorbutique.

Noun

antiscorbutic n (plural antiscorbutice)

  1. antiscorbutic

Declension