Look up: CHLOROSIS


  1. chlorosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: klōr-ō′sis Definitions: 1. Rarely used term for a form of chronic hypochromic microcytic (iron deficiency) anemia, characterized by a great reduction in hemoglobin out of proportion to the decreased number of red blood cells; observed chiefly in females from...
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  2. Chlorosis
    Discoloration of normally green plant parts caused by disease, lack of nutrients, or various air pollutants.
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  3. chlorosis
    The loss of chlorophyll from the tissues of a plant, resulting from microbial infection, viral infection, the action of certain phytotoxins, the lack of light, to magnesium or iron deficiency, etc. Chlorotic tissues commonly appear yellowish.
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  4. Chlorosis
    Yellowing or mottling of normally green tissue as a result of lack of chlorophyll, through its failure to develop, or destruction by chemical effects, disease etc.
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  5. chlorosis
    [n] - iron deficiency anemia in young women
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  6. Chlorosis
    The loss or poor production of chlorophyll in a plants leaves, resulting in them loosing their green colour
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  7. Chlorosis
    Anaemia. Usually simple iron deficiency but could also mean leukaemia or lymphoma
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  8. Chlorosis
    anaemia from iron deficiency
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  9. chlorosis
    Yellowing or bleaching of plant tissues due to the loss of chlorophyll or failure of chlorophyll synthesis. Symptomatic of many plant diseases, also of deficiencies of light or certain nutrients.
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  10. Chlorosis
    Chlo·ro'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek chlwro`s light green: confer French chlorose .] 1. (Medicine) The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of th...
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  11. chlorosis
    Yellowing or bleaching of plant tissues due to the loss of chlorophyll or failure of chlorophyll synthesis. Symptomatic of many plant diseases, also of deficiencies of light or certain nutrients. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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  12. chlorosis
    greensickness noun iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
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  1. Chlorosis
    • (n.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc. • (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
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  2. chlorosis
    (from the article `blood disease`) ...but not jaundiced. The deficiency of iron-containing enzymes in the tissues, if sufficiently great, results in a smooth tongue; brittle, flattened ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/75

  3. chlorosis
    symptom of plant disease in which normally green tissue is pale, yellow, or bleached. It results from failure of chlorophyll to develop because of ... [1 related articles]
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  4. Chlorosis
    In botany, chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll. As chlorophyll is responsible for the green colour of leaves, chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white. The affected plant has little or no ability to manufacture carbohydrates through photosynthesis and...
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  5. Chlorosis
    A symptom of disease or disorder in plants in which a plant or part of a plant is light green or greenish-yellow because of poor chlorophyll development.
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  6. Chlorosis
    Chlorosis, populary known as greensickness, is a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterised by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body.
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  7. chlorosis
    Abnormal condition of green plants in which the stems and leaves turn pale green or yellow. The yellowing is due to a reduction in the levels of the green chlorophyll pigments. It may be caused by a deficiency in essential elements (such as magnesium, iron, or manganese), a lack of light, genetic fa...
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  8. Chlorosis
    iron deficiency anemia
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  9. Chlorosis
    iron deficiency anemia
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  10. Chlorosis
    A form a anemia in which there is a serious iron deficency. The iron in blood helps carry oxygen to all the tissues in the body. Without this iron, the body can
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  11. Chlorosis
    The yellowing of normally green tissues due to the destruction of the chlorophyll or the partial failure of the chlorophyll to develop.
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  12. chlorosis
    1) Greensickness 2) Iron deficiency anaemia 3) Iron deficiency anemia
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