Translation for 'scurvy' from English to Russian

scurvy

цинга {ж}мед.

• Scurvy is a disease caused by a vitamin C deficiency, but in Lind's day, the concept of vitamins was unknown.
• The truth of this statement has been queried by Scott's detractors, on grounds which are largely circumstantial. Scurvy had affected previous Antarctic expeditions, including Scott's with the "Discovery", and dietary provision had not improved much meantime.
• The German vernacular "skorbutkraut" ("scurvy herb") derives from the use of young leaves, which are high in vitamin C, to prevent scurvy.
• Cheadle published the first observation on acute rachitis after J. O. L. Möller, calling the disease infantile scurvy. He distinguished scurvy from rickets in 1878.
• A common pathological disorder concerning the tunica externa is scurvy, also known as vitamin C deficiency.

• Brooklime was one of three traditional antiscorbutic herbs (alongside scurvy grass and watercress), used in purported remedies for scurvy.
• Lind discovered that lime juice saved sailors that had been at sea for years from scurvy, a deadly and painful bleeding disorder.
• In 1858 he published "Observations on naval hygiene and scurvy, more particularly as the latter appeared during a polar voyage".
• Like most of the men, Blissett suffered from scurvy and frostbite, but returned safely home.
• Cook's scurvy grass, "Lepidium oleraceum", was used by James Cook to prevent scurvy, but is now almost extinct.

• The leaves of scurvy-grass sorrel ("O. enneaphylla") were eaten by sailors travelling around Patagonia as a source of vitamin C to avoid scurvy.
• By the early 20th century, when Robert Falcon Scott made his first expedition to the Antarctic (1901–1904), the prevailing theory was that scurvy was caused by "ptomaine poisoning", particularly in tinned meat.
• The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by Aboriginals. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent scurvy, giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.
• say it is to prevent scurvy. Salt was and is indeed essential for life, but it was not historically a remedy for scurvy, so this mistake belongs to either the book or the script.