• A disease caused by vitamin C deficiency, characterized by bruising, poor wound healing, bleeding of the gums, and loosened teeth.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• 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.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• (vitamin c deficiency) Abnormally low concentrations of vitamin C in the blood.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Scurvy is a state of dietary deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). The human body lacks the ability to synthesize and make vitamin C and therefore depends on exogenous dietary sources to meet vitamin C needs.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Scurvy is a condition that develops in people who do not consume an adequate amount of vitamin C in their diet. Although scurvy is relatively rare in the United States, it continues to be a problem in malnourished populations around the world (such as impoverished, underdeveloped third world countries). Early features of the condition...
  NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
• Scurvy, one of the oldest-known nutritional disorders of humankind, caused by a dietary lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), a nutrient found in many fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly the citrus fruits. Vitamin C is important in the formation of collagen (an element of normal tissues), and...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020