chlorosis

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9

Definition of chlorosis

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
    “The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared.”
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noun

  1. (countable)An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
    “The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared.”
  2. (uncountable)A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

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Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin; by surface analysis, chlor- + -osis, where chlor- in this instance refers to pale yellow-green colorations and not to chlorine.

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