Barlow's disease
noun
Bar·low's disease
ˈbär-ˌlōz-
variants
also Barlow disease
: infantile scurvy
Barlow's disease is another name for infantile scurvy or vitamin C deficiency, which was a well-recognized condition among bottle-fed infants, both in Europe and in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.—Alan Clemetson, letter in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
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