- antiscorbutic Medicine
- antiscorbutic Medicineadjective preventing or curing scurvy.noun an antiscorbutic food or drug.
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antiscorbutic Medicine
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antiscorbutic — 1. Preventive or curative of scurvy (scorbutus). 2. A treatment for scurvy ( e.g., vitamin C). * * * an·ti·scor·bu·tic skȯr byüt ik adj counteracting scurvy <the antiscorbutic vitamin is vitamin C> antiscorbutic … Medical dictionary
antiscorbutic — 1. adjective preventing or curing scurvy 2. noun A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy … Wiktionary
Ascorbic acid — Vitamin C, an essential nutrient found mainly in fruits and vegetables. The body requires it to form and maintain bones, blood vessels, and skin. Like other vitamins, ascorbic acid is an organic compound. An organic compound is a substance that… … Medical dictionary
lime — 1. CaO; an alkaline earth oxide occurring in grayish white masses (quicklime); on exposure to the atmosphere it becomes converted into calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate (air slaked l.); direct addition of … Medical dictionary
buckbean — The leaves of Menyanthes trifoliata (family Gentianaceae); credited with emmenagogue, antiscorbutic, and simple bitter properties. SYN: bogbean, menyanthes … Medical dictionary
l-dehydroascorbic acid — The reversibly oxidized form of ascorbic acid; it is antiscorbutic, but is converted in the body to 2,3 diketo l gulonic acid, which has no vitamin C activity … Medical dictionary
lemon — The fruit of Citrus limon (family Rutaceae); a source of citric and ascorbic acid; the freshly expressed juice of the ripe fruit is used as a refrigerant diuretic in fever, in the form of lemonade. SYN: limon. [L. limon] * * * lem·on lem ən n an… … Medical dictionary
vitamin — One of a group of organic substances, present in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs, that are essential to normal metabolism; insufficient amounts in the diet may cause deficiency diseases. [L. vita, life, + amine] v. A 1. any β … Medical dictionary
sodium ascorbate — n the sodium salt C6H7NaO6 of vitamin C * * * 1. [USP] the monosodium salt of ascorbic acid, administered parenterally as an antiscorbutic and nutritional supplement, as an adjunct to improve absorption in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia… … Medical dictionary
cramp bark — the dried bark of Viburnum opulus, the high bush or cranberry tree; it has been used as an antispasmodic, uterine sedative, and antiscorbutic … Medical dictionary
