Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- efficacious against scurvy.
noun
- an antiscorbutic agent, as ascorbic acid.
adjective
- preventing or curing scurvyantiscorbutic foods
noun
- an antiscorbutic remedy or agent
also anti-scorbutic, 1690s, from anti- + Modern Latin scorbutus “scurvy” (see scorbutic). From 1725 as an adjective.
adj.
- Preventing or relieving scurvy.