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antiscorbutic

Syllabification: (an·ti·scor·bu·tic)
Medicine
Definition of antiscorbutic

adjective

  • (chiefly of a drug) having the effect of preventing or curing scurvy.

noun

  • an antiscorbutic food or drug.

antiscorbutic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of antiscorbutic in the British & World English dictionary