scurvy

English - Turkish

Definition of scurvy in English Turkish dictionary

(Diş Hekimliği) C vitamini eksikliğine bağlı, genel zayıflık, anemi, şişmiş ve kanamalı dişetleri ile karakterize, önceden uzun deniz yolculukları nedeni ile taze meyve ve sebze yiyemeden denizciler arasında yaygın olup, artık daha çok yaşlılarda görülen bir hastalık

{s} aşağılık

şerefsiz

adi

skorbüt

iskorbüt

Hepimiz bir portakal yersek kesinlikle iskorbütten kaçınırız. - We'll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange.

Bir ünlü taktisyen, Christopher Columbus bir zamanlar onların tüm sebze ve meyvelerini çalarak, böylece onlara iskorbüt vererek tüm korsan filosunu yok etti, - A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.

alçak

iğrenç

i., tıb. iskorbüt

iskorbüt illeti

(isim) iskorbüt hastalığı

alçaklık

(Tıp) skorbütüs

{i} iskorbüt hastalığı

{s} pislik

(Tıp) Bakınız: Scorbutus

Related Terms

scurvy grass

kaşıkotu

preventing or curing scurvy

önlenmesi ya da aşağılık kur

scurvily

aşağılık bir şekilde

English - English

Definition of scurvy in English English dictionary

A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes

Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean

{a} scabbed, vile, worthless

{n} a distemper

a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C characterized by anemia and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes

Lack of Vitamin C

of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

A deficiency of vitamin C Symptoms include nausea, weakness, loss of hair and teeth, and eventual death It was caused by a lack of fruits and vegetables in the diet More sailors died of this than any other cause

A disease caused by severe vitamin C deficiency

(1) A deficiency disease which often afflicted sailors; it was caused by lack of vitamin C (2) A derogatory adjective used to describe someone

A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes

Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible

It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility

A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C This vitamin is most often found in fruits and vegetables

It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers

Scurvy is a disease that is caused by a lack of vitamin C. a disease caused by not eating foods such as fruit and vegetables that contain vitamin C (scurvy , from scurf , from ). or vitamin C deficiency Nutritional disorder caused by deficiency of vitamin C. Deficiency interferes with tissue synthesis, causing swollen, bleeding gums; loose teeth; sore, stiff joints and legs; bleeding under the skin and in deep tissues; slow wound healing; and anemia. The scourge of sailors on long sea voyages, scurvy was recognized as diet-related in 1753, when James Lind showed that drinking citrus juice could cure and prevent it, leading to the concept of deficiency diseases. Full-blown scurvy is now rare, and adequate vitamin C usually cures even severe cases in days

A disease caused by a deficiency in vitamin C resulting from a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in the diet

It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system

a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

A disorder caused by lack of vitamin C Symptoms include anemia, bleeding gums, tooth loss, joint pain, and fatigue Scurvy is treated by supplying foods high in vitamin C as well as with vitamin C supplements

{s} mean, rascally, despicable

{i} (Medicine) disease resulting from a vitamin C deficiency (characterized by bleeding gums, weakness, and anemia)

Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy

a vitamin C deficiency disease

scorbute

scorbutus

Related Terms

scurvy-grass

Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy

scurvy grass

a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C

scurvy.

scorbut

scurvily

{a} meanly, pitifully, basely, vilely

scurvier

comparative of scurvy

scurviest

superlative of scurvy

scurvily

despicably, in a nasty manner, meanly

scurvily

In a scurvy manner; contemptibly; despicably; in a low, disgusting and mean way

scurvily

In a scurvy manner

Synonyms

barlow's disease, cheadle-möller-barlow syndrome, cheadle's disease, moeller's disease, möller-barlow disease, scorbutus

Etymology

[ 'sk&r-vE ] (noun.) circa 1565. * Noun usage from the adjective scurvy influenced by or a variant of scurfy. Took on meaning of Dutch scheurbuik, French scorbut (“scurvy”), possibly from Old Norse skyrbjúgr, skyr (“sour milk”) + bjúgr (“swelling, tumour”). Compare German scharbock, Late Latin scorbutus. * Alternate etymology is Middle Dutch Middle Low German.