chlorosis

Meaning

1. (countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
2. (uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

Synonyms

greensickness

chloranemia

chlorotic anemia

iron-deficiency anemia

jaundice

cachexia virginum

Translations

chlorose

clorose

clorosi

clorosis

يرقان

Chlorose

kloroz

sarıcalık

chlorose

Bleichsucht

cloròsi

amarilleo

bloedarmoede

شحوب يخضوري

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.