• Chlorosis

    Full definition of chlorosis

    Noun

    chlorosis

    (countable and uncountable; plural chlorosiss)
    1. (medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness (Chlorosis (medicine)).
    2. (botany, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll (Chlorosis (plant disorder)).

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