Cryptic crossword clue
Vile disease caused by limiting to 5 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCURVY

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What does SCURVY mean?

SCURVY noun
  1. A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.
SCURVY adjective
  1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
  2. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

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