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prescorbutic

prescorbutic adjective: before the onset of scurvy.

Adjective

prescorbutic (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of scurvy.

Origin of prescorbutic

From pre- + scorbutic.

Questions about prescorbutic

What does prescorbutic mean?
Prescorbutic means before the onset of scurvy.
What part of speech is prescorbutic?
Prescorbutic is an adjective.

Words near prescorbutic in the dictionary

  1. prescious
  2. prescission
  3. prescissions
  4. Prescod
  5. Prescods
  6. prescorbutic
  7. prescore
  8. prescored
  9. prescores
  10. prescoring
  11. Prescot

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