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chlorosis

UK/kləˈɹəʊsɪs//klɔɹˈoʊsɪs/

chlorosis noun: an anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.

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.

chlorosis meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

chlorosis in Tamil

பச்சைய நீக்கம், பச்சையச் சோகை, வெளிறல், பசுமைச்சோகை

chlorosis in Kannada

ಕ್ಲೋರೊಸಿಸ್

chlorosis in Tagalog

yellow-green colouration of the skin
klorosis

Synonyms of chlorosis

Forms of chlorosis

pluralchloroses

Origin of chlorosis

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.

Words formed from chlorosis

Questions about chlorosis

What does chlorosis mean?
Chlorosis means an anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
What is chlorosis in Tamil?
Chlorosis in Tamil is பச்சைய நீக்கம், பச்சையச் சோகை, வெளிறல். See Chlorosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chlorosis?
Chlorosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce chlorosis?
Chlorosis is pronounced /kləˈɹəʊsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of chlorosis?
The plural of chlorosis is chloroses.

Words near chlorosis in the dictionary

  1. chlorosilane
  2. chlorosilanes
  3. chlorosiloxane
  4. chlorosiloxanes
  5. chlorosilyl
  6. chlorosis
  7. chlorosities
  8. chlorosity
  9. chlorosomal
  10. chlorosome
  11. chlorosomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorosis (page history and authors); chlorosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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