Chlorosis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CHLOROSIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a wasting disease (green sickness) typically affecting young women, characterized by anaemia, extreme lassitude and a greenish tinge of the skin
• loss of the normal green coloration of leaves of plants, caused by iron deficiency in lime-rich soils, disease, or lack of light.
• anaemia caused by iron deficiency, especially in adolescent girls, causing a pale, faintly greenish complexion.
• disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
• The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
• A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
• iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an iron-deficiency anemia especially of adolescent girls that may impart a greenish tint to the skin —called also greensickness

Words related to CHLOROSIS

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Words that contain CHLOROSIS

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How to use CHLOROSIS in a sentence

• This is true especially in young girls who have what is called chlorosis or green sickness.

Similar words containing CHLOROSI without suffix s

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