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Meaning of chlorosis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Català clorosi
Cymraeg clorosis glesni y glasglwyf
Español clorosis
Suomi kloroosi
Français chlorose
Italiano clorosi
Polski bladaczka blednica chloroza
Português cloremia clorose
Türkçe kloroz sarıcalık

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chlorosity chlorosome chlorospinel chlorospingus chlorostannate chlorosuccinimide

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