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scurvy

[skur-vee] / ˈskɜr vi /


















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Cases include electrocution, drowning, overdose, scurvy, sickle cell anemia, a nail in the chest, a fastball in the eye and gallstones, with all the personal drama one expects from a hospital show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

"Apparently around fishes' eyes is all vitamins, so she never had scurvy or anything."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

Early white settlers, according to the Oregon Encyclopedia, would eat cranberries as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy, “and the berry’s naturally waxy coating allowed for long keeping.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Researchers rushed to isolate other micronutrients associated with diseases like rickets, scurvy, goiters, and more.

From National Geographic • Nov. 9, 2023

He would complain of the ailments of old age, he suffered from the most insignificant economic difficulties, and he had stopped laughing a long time back because scurvy had made his teeth drop out.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez