antiscorbutic
adjective
an·ti·scor·bu·tic
ˌan-tē-skȯr-ˈbyü-tik 
ˌan-ˌtī-
ˌan-ˌtī-
: counteracting scurvy
the antiscorbutic vitamin is vitamin C
antiscorbutic
noun
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So what Cook did was recommend something that had no antiscorbutic value at all.
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antiscorbutic
1 of 2 adjective
an·ti·scor·bu·tic
-skȯr-ˈbyüt-ik
: counteracting scurvy
the antiscorbutic vitamin is vitamin C
antiscorbutic
2 of 2 noun
: a remedy for scurvy
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