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词根词缀:crud-

【来源及含义】Latin: raw, not cooked; literally, trickling with blood, bleeding; raw, bloody, cruel

【相关描述】The terms, cruelty and crudeness are closely linked etymologically. Cruel came via Old French cruel from Latin crudelis, a relative of Latin crudus; which actually meant "cruel" as well as "raw" and "bloody".

【同源单词】crude, crudely, crudeness, crudity, cruel, cruelly

词根词缀:scorbuti-, scorbut-

【来源及含义】Latin: pertaining to, or having scurvy [a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C in the body, characterized by weakness, anemia, spongy gums, bleeding from the mucous membranes, etc.]

【同源单词】antiscorbutic, scorbutic, scorbutigenic