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

1. [n -ROSES]

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorosis

chloroprednisone
chloroprene
chloroprene
chloroprenes
chloroprocaine hydrochloride
chloroprocaine penicillin O
chloropropamide
chloropsia
chloropyramine
chloroquine
chloroquine
chloroquines
chloroquinolinols
chloroses
chlorosis (current term)
chlorosis (current term)
chlorosome
chlorothen citrate
chlorothiazide
chlorothiazide
chlorothiazides
chlorothymol
chlorotic
chlorotic
chlorotic anaemia
chlorotrianisene
chlorotriazine dyes
chlorous
chlorous
chlorous acid

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