The disease known as scurvy would be described scientifically as vitamin C deficiency.
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The name "ascorbic acid" comes from the prefix "a-" (meaning "not") and the Latin word "scorbutus" (meaning "scurvy"). Ascorbic acid was discovered as the compound essential for preventing scurvy, hence the name.
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the disease which is caused by lack of vitamin C is called Scurvy
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Scurvy Sam is never identified, or important to the island quest. His name is mentioned by the female pirate inside Petey's Pub.
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Scurvy is the name for a vitamin defficency disease- the vitamin missing is Vitamin C. Sailors in the British Navy were given lime juice, which has a high vitamin C content, and did not get scurvy. Which is how the British got the nickname "limies".
Scurvy is a condition caused by lack of Vitamin C; it is not a disease.
A disease known as scurvy is caused by a vitamin c deficiency