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chloroses

chloroses is the plural of chlorosis.

Meaning of chlorosis

Noun

chlorosis (countable and uncountable, plural chloroses)

  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.1915, “Hemoglobin in Anemia”, in American Medicine, volume 21, page 22
    Synonyms:
    green fever, green sickness, chloremia[Appendix:Glossary
  2. (uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

Questions about chloroses

What is chloroses the plural of?
Chloroses is the plural of chlorosis.

Words near chloroses in the dictionary

  1. chlororespiratory
  2. chlororufin
  3. chlororuthenate
  4. chlororuthenates
  5. chlorosed
  6. chloroses
  7. chlorosilane
  8. chlorosilanes
  9. chlorosiloxane
  10. chlorosiloxanes
  11. chlorosilyl

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