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Definition of Antiscorbutic
1. a. Counteracting scurvy.
Definition of Antiscorbutic
1. Adjective. (medicine) preventing or curing scurvy ¹
2. Noun. A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiscorbutic
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Medical Definition of Antiscorbutic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiscorbutic
Literary usage of Antiscorbutic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Relation of diet to certain diseases has long been suspected —Symptoms of
scurvy—Lime juice occasionally proved disappointing as an antiscorbutic food—Many ..."
2. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1921)
"CHAPTER XII antiscorbutic AND ... In normal nutrition the occurrence of scurvy
is prevented by the antiscorbutic properties of the food. ..."
3. The Vitamins by Henry Clapp Sherman, Sybil Laura Smith (1922)
"Hess and Unger (1918a) in a study of guinea-pig scurvy reported that orange juice
lost some of its antiscorbutic power after storage in a refrigerator for ..."
4. Vital Factors of Foods: Vitamins and Nutrition by Carleton Ellis, Annie Louise Macleod (1922)
"It is the general concensus of opinion that the antiscorbutic factor is likely
to be seriously depleted by heating for long periods or to a high temperature ..."
5. The New Dietetics, what to Eat and how: A Guide to Scientific Feeding in by John Harvey Kellogg (1921)
"The antiscorbutic vitamin is found in the juices of fresh fruit and vegetables,
and particularly in the orange, the lemon, and the grapefruit. ..."
6. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"antiscorbutic jn the year 1781, in Sir Gilbert Blane's work entitled the potato.
' Diseases of the Fleet,' occurs the first definite statement of the ..."
7. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Malt is important as an antiscorbutic remedy. Chemical principles of malt:
asparagin, a protein substance, diastase, an acid and cholesterin fat. ..."
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