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postscorbutic

postscorbutic adjective: after scurvy.

Adjective

postscorbutic (not comparable)

  1. After scurvy.

Origin of postscorbutic

From post- + scorbutic.

Questions about postscorbutic

What does postscorbutic mean?
Postscorbutic means after scurvy.
What part of speech is postscorbutic?
Postscorbutic is an adjective.

Words near postscorbutic in the dictionary

  1. postscenium
  2. postschism
  3. postschizophrenic
  4. postschool
  5. postscientific
  6. postscorbutic
  7. postscore
  8. postscored
  9. postscores
  10. postscoring
  11. postscreening

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