Barlow's disease
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Bar·low's disease
                    
                                                                                                              
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            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
Alan Clemetson, letter in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
                         
                
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