| 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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| 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) |
| alfa grass | A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fibre, used in paper making. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| arrow grass | <botany> An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bent grass | <botany> A reedlike grass of the genus Agrostis, especially. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, especially in the US. (06 Aug 1998) |
| bermuda grass | <botany> A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries. Synonym: scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blue-eyed grass | <botany> A grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blue grass | <botany> A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brome grass | <botany> Of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. Origin: L. Bromos a kind of oats, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bunch grass | Any of a number of perennial grasses (family Gramineae) which grow in tight clumps and regenerate each year from deep roots. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gama grass | <botany> A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass. Synonym: sesame grass. Origin: From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive Islands. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |