chlorosis
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English
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.
Noun
chlorosis (countable and uncountable, plural chloroses)
- (medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
- Synonyms: greensickness; chloremia (sometimes loosely synonymous)
- 1915, “Hemoglobin in Anemia”, in American Medicine, volume 21, page 22:
- 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.
- (botany, phytopathology, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.
Derived terms
- Egyptian chlorosis (not hyponymous)
Related terms
- chlorotic (adj)
Translations
yellow-green colouration of the skin
yellowing of the leaves
See also
- jaundice (also involves pale and yellowish complexions)