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Chlorosis

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Noun

1. chlorosis, greensickness

iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chlorosis

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noun
1. Also called: greensickness pathology
a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
2. botany
a deficiency of chlorophyll in green plants caused by mineral deficiency, lack of light, disease, etc, the leaves appearing uncharacteristically pale

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Chlorosis

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noun
1. 
an abnormal condition of plants in which the green parts lose their color or turn yellow as a result of a lack of chlorophyll production due to disease, lack of light, etc.
2. 
a form of iron-deficiency anemia sometimes affecting girls at puberty and causing the skin to turn a greenish color

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chlorosis

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n.
1. The yellowing or whitening of normally green plant tissue because of a decreased amount of chlorophyll, often as a result of disease or nutrient deficiency.
2. An iron-deficiency anemia, primarily of young women, characterized by a greenish-yellow discoloration of the skin. Also called greensickness.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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