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scurvy

[skur-vee] / ˈskɜr vi /


















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That leaves Ada and a man named Lorne Knight, who contracts scurvy but has enough energy to abuse her mercilessly from his bed.

From The Wall Street Journal

"A diet like this over weeks would lead to 'hidden hunger', increasing the risk of diseases like anaemia and scurvy" he said.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Funk’s research also showed that the lack of certain vitamins would cause illness, including a disease called pellagra when the body lacked vitamin B3 and scurvy when it lacked vitamin C.

From Salon

Before Brexit, imported bananas provided 44% of the United Kingdom’s total requirement of vitamin C, needed to keep its old nemesis of scurvy at bay.

From Science Magazine