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green sickness

UK/ˈɡɹiːn ˌsɪknəs/

green sickness noun: a disease characterized by a greenish tint to the skin; chlorosis.

Noun

green sickness (uncountable)

  1. A disease characterized by a greenish tint to the skin; chlorosis.
    • She died of cirrhosis, brain fever, consumption and green sickness before she reached twenty.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 35
  2. The abnormal appetite associated with such a disease; pica.

green sickness meaning in Tamil

green sickness in Tamil

மஞ்சட்சோகை

Forms of green sickness

alternative formgreensickness
alternative formgreen-sickness

Words formed from green sickness

Questions about green sickness

What does green sickness mean?
Green sickness means a disease characterized by a greenish tint to the skin; chlorosis.
What is green sickness in Tamil?
Green sickness in Tamil is மஞ்சட்சோகை. See Green sickness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is green sickness?
Green sickness is a noun.
How do you pronounce green sickness?
Green sickness is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːn ˌsɪknəs/ (UK).

Words near green sickness in the dictionary

  1. green seaweeds
  2. green shave
  3. green shaved
  4. green shaves
  5. green shaving
  6. green sickness
  7. green side
  8. green sides
  9. green slip
  10. green slips
  11. green sloke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: green sickness (page history and authors); green sickness (Tamil 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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