| Alpine scurvy | <disease> A niacin deficiency disease (pellagra) caused by improper diet and characterised by skin lesions, gastrointestinal disturbances and nervousness. Depression, dermatitis, dementia and diarrhoea are common symptoms. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| alpine | 1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants. 2. Like the Alps; lofty. "Gazing up an Alpine height." Origin: L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F. Alpin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| haemorrhagic scurvy | Scurvy with extensive haemorrhages in gums, skin and other tissues, typical of severe stage of the disease. Infantile scurvy, osteopathia haemorrhagia infantum;a cachectic condition in infants, resulting from malnutrition and marked by pallor, fetid breath, coated tongue, diarrhoea, and subperiosteal haemorrhages; probably a combination of scurvy and rickets due to combined deficiency of vitamins C and D. Synonym: Barlow's disease, Cheadle's disease, osteopathia haemorrhagica infantum, scurvy rickets. Land scurvy, formerly, scurvy occurring in people who had not been to sea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scurvy | Disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency. The effects are due to a failure of the hydroxylation of proline residues in collagen synthesis and the consequent failure of fibroblasts to produce mature collagen. See: hydroxyproline. (18 Nov 1997) |
| scurvy rickets | infantile scurvy |
| sea scurvy | Disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency. The effects are due to a failure of the hydroxylation of proline residues in collagen synthesis and the consequent failure of fibroblasts to produce mature collagen. See: hydroxyproline. (18 Nov 1997) |
| trummerfeld scurvy zone | <radiology> Lucent band in metaphysis beneath white line of Frankel, seen in scurvy (12 Dec 1998) |