Meanings
adjectiveantiscorbutic (comparative more antiscorbutic, superlative most antiscorbutic)
comparative more antiscorbutic · superlative most antiscorbutic · alternative anti-scorbutic
- medicinePreventing or curing scurvy.
nounantiscorbutic (plural antiscorbutics)
plural antiscorbutics · alternative anti-scorbutic
- medicineA medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishscorbutic
- Englishantiscorbutic
Translations
Catalan antiescorbútic
- antiescorbútica medicine that prevents or cures scurvy
Greek αντισκορβουτικός
- αντισκορβουτικός (antiskorvoutikós)preventing or curing scurvy
Portuguese antiescorbútico, antiescorbútico
- antiescorbúticopreventing or curing scurvy
- antiescorbúticoa medicine that prevents or cures scurvy
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APA
antiscorbutic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiscorbutic
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“antiscorbutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiscorbutic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiscorbutic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiscorbutic.
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