'Chlorosis' definitions:
Definition of 'chlorosis'
From: WordNet
noun
Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness]
Definition of 'Chlorosis'
From: GCIDE
- Chlorosis \Chlo*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. chlwro`s light green: cf. F. chlorose.]
- 1. (Med.) The green sickness; an an[ae]mic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color. [1913 Webster]