Chlorosis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin. countable
"The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared."
- 2 iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin wordnet
- 3 A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll. uncountable
Example
More examples"The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared."
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin; by surface analysis, chlor- + -osis, where chlor- in this instance refers to pale yellow-green colorations and not to chlorine.
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