An acquired blood vessel disorder caused by severe deficiency of vitamin C (ASCORBIC ACID) in the diet leading to defective collagen formation in small blood vessels. Scurvy is characterized by bleeding in any tissue, weakness, ANEMIA, spongy gums, and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs
A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177)
Scurvy -- History -- 18th century. : Scurvy : how a surgeon, a mariner, and a gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail / Stephen R. Bown
Scutage. : Calendar of various Chancery rolls preserved in the Public Record Office : supplementary close rolls, Welsh rolls, scutage rolls, A.D. 1277-1326 / [text prepared by W.H. Stevenson ; preface by H.C. Maxwell Lyte]
Scylla (Crustacea) -- Congresses. : Mud crab aquaculture and biology : proceedings of an international scientific forum held in Darwin, Australia, 21-24 April 1997 / editors: C.P. Keenan and A. Blackshaw
Scylla serrata -- Congresses. : Mud crab aquaculture and biology : proceedings of an international scientific forum held in Darwin, Australia, 21-24 April 1997 / editors: C.P. Keenan and A. Blackshaw
