Chlorosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chlorosis is a noun meaning (medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
Meaning
(medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
More Meanings
- (botany, phytopathology, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- chloroses
Synonyms for chlorosis
Depending on context, synonyms include green sickness, greensickness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include greensickness, green sickness, chloroanaemia, chloremia, xanthochroia, chloraemia.
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