scorbutus

English

Etymology

From New Latin scorbūtus, from French scorbut. Doublet of scorbut and scurvy.

Noun

scorbutus (uncountable)

1. (pathology) The disease scurvy.

Synonyms

• Barlow's disease
• Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
• Cheadle's disease
• Moeller's disease
• Möller-Barlow disease
• scurvy

References

• scorbutus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

• scrubs out

Latin

Etymology

From French scorbut (“scurvy”).

Noun

scorbūtus m (genitive scorbūtī); second declension

1. (New Latin) scurvy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scorbūtus	scorbūtī
genitive	scorbūtī	scorbūtōrum
dative	scorbūtō	scorbūtīs
accusative	scorbūtum	scorbūtōs
ablative	scorbūtō	scorbūtīs
vocative	scorbūte	scorbūtī

References

• “scorbute, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.