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Definition of Pallor
1. Noun. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
Generic synonyms: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Derivative terms: Livid, Livid, Livid, Lurid, Lurid, Pale, Pallid, Pale, Wan
Definition of Pallor
1. n. Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.
Definition of Pallor
1. Noun. Paleness; want of color; pallidity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pallor
1. paleness [n -S] - See also: paleness
Medical Definition of Pallor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallor
Literary usage of Pallor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1915)
"At best, pallor is only a sign which suggests to us to look further into the case
in one or ... pallor without anaemia is often seen in tuberculosis, ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"Turgidity and flushing denoted congestion, and pallor and collapse might denote
laceration. But many cases occurred in which nothing so marked was observed; ..."
3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"pallor and her eyes, humbled and saddened by the dark shame of womanhood.
While his soul had passed from ecstasy to languor where had she been? ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis for Students and Physicians by John Herr Musser (1913)
"Slight burns and scalds cause a localized redness, pallor. ... Temporary pallor.—pallor
of this type is acute, and may or may not be recurrent. ..."
5. Medical diagnosis: A Manual of Clinical Methods by John James Graham Brown (1884)
"pallor is due to defective filling of the capillaries, to deficiency in the ...
pallor, consequently, may arise from any condition which prevents the proper ..."
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