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scorbutus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scor-bu-tus
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The disease scurvy.

Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin scorbūtus, from French scorbut. Doublet of scorbut and scurvy.

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Usage

Synonyms

Barlow's disease Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome Cheadle's disease Moeller's disease Möller-Barlow disease scurvy

Questions

What does scorbutus mean?
The disease scurvy.
Where does scorbutus come from?
It is traced to French.

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