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haemorrhagic scurvy (medicine)


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.