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Definition of Etiolate

1. Adjective. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light. "Etiolated celery"

2. Verb. Make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

3. Verb. Bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.

4. Verb. Make pale or sickly. "Alcohol etiolates your skin"

Definition of Etiolate

1. v. i. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

2. v. t. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

3. a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

Definition of Etiolate

1. Verb. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant. ¹

2. Verb. To make a person pale and sickly-looking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Etiolate

1. to whiten [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: whiten

Medical Definition of Etiolate

1. 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. 2. To become pale through disease or absence of light. Origin: F. Etioler to blanch. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. 2. To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Etiolate

ethynyls ethyr ethyrs etianic acid etic etidocaine etidronate etidronate disodium etidronic acid etilefrine

etilefrine hydrochloride etimizol etio- etiocholanolone etiogenic etiolate (current term) etiolated etiolates etiolating etiolation

etiolations etiolin etiolins etiologic etiological etiologically etiologics etiologies etiologist etiologists

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