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Chlorosis   Listen
noun
Chlorosis  n.  
1.
(Med.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
2.
(Bot.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.





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"Chlorosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... multiplication of the number of consumptives, because they stipulate a continuous weakening of the organism and an emaciation of the system. To these belong Bright's disease, which very often turns into pulmonary consumption, greensickness or chlorosis, anaemia, continued febrile diseases, severe chronic suppuration, chronic catarrh of the stomach, frequent pregnancies, childbed diseases. Thus we may often see young chlorotic girls afflicted with consumption, ...
— Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated • Max Birnbaum


Words linked to "Chlorosis" :   iron deficiency anemia, greensickness


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