chlorosis

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

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.”

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