chlorosis

Noun

Meaning

The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

greensickness rickets green sickness scurvy emptiness dermatitis anaemia pellagra goitre chorea anemia beriberi ischemia chlorotic
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Hypernyms

iron deficiency anemia iron deficiency anaemia

Related terms

chlorotic

Close letter words and terms

chlorosilane chlorosiloxane chlorosilyl chlorosity chlorosomal chlorosome