scurvy
Example Sentences
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The baby had suffered from the childhood disease rickets and probably scurvy.
From Washington Post
“The scurvy spreading through the crew would lend its hallmark stench to unwashed clothes and bodies, making the cabin even more oppressive,” Pitzer writes.
From Washington Post
Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10, 15 men died fighting, or from diseases like scurvy or dysentery, in the Southeastern Montana Territory.
From Washington Times
She doesn’t have enough money for groceries and struggles to “ward off scurvy.”
From New York Times
Levels of protein and carbohydrate consumption were similar in the group and evidence of bone conditions related to poor diet – such as rickets and scurvy – were rare.
From The Guardian
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