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Definition of Chlorosis
1. Noun. Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin.
Definition of Chlorosis
1. n. The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
Definition of Chlorosis
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Medical Definition of Chlorosis
1. Yellowing or bleaching of plant tissues due to the loss of chlorophyll or failure of chlorophyll synthesis. Symptomatic of many plant diseases, also of deficiencies of light or certain nutrients. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)