antiscorbutic

antiscorbutic
/an'tee skawr byooh"tik, an'tuy-/, Med., Pharm.
adj.
1. efficacious against scurvy.
n.
2. an antiscorbutic agent, as ascorbic acid.
[1715-25; ANTI- + SCORBUTIC]

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