İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. 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. i., tıb. iskorbüt. iskorbüt, adi, alçak, igrenç, serefsiz. skorbüt. skorbüt. i., tıb. iskorbüt. skorbüt. Bakınız: Scorbutus. iskorbüt hastalığı. aşağılık, pislik.
2. iskorbüt, i, iskorbüt illeti, aşağılık, tıb, alçaklık, scurvinessadilik; s, adi, alçak, iğrenç.
3. iskorbüt. adi. alçak. iğrenç. şerefsiz.
4. adi. alçak. iğrenç.
5. skorbüt.

Etymology : 2scurvy
Pronunciation : 'sk&r-vE
Function : noun
Date : circa 1565

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1. (Medicine) disease resulting from a vitamin C deficiency (characterized by bleeding gums, weakness, and anemia). mean, rascally, despicable. scurvy\scur"vy\, n. [probably from the same source as scirbute, but influenced by scurf, scurfy, scurvy, adj.; cf. d. scheurbuik scurvy, g. scharbock, ll. scorbutus. cf. scorbute.] (med.) 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. it is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. 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. it was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.scurvy grass [scurvy + grass; or cf. icel. skarfakāl scurvy grass.] (bot.) a kind of cress (cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seacoast of northern europe and in arctic regions. it is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. the name is given also to other allied species of plants.scurvy \scur"vy\ , a. [compar. scurvier ; superl. scurviest.] [from scurf; cf. scurvy, n.].
2. covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. "whatsoever man be scurvy or scabbed." xxi. 18,.
3. 2. vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. "a scurvy trick." lytton. that scurvy custom of taking tobacco. [he] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.scurvy 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" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy] a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
4. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
5. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
6. 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.
7. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility.
8. 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.
9. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid.
10. 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.