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CHLOROSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorosis mean?
• CHLOROSIS (noun)
The noun CHLOROSIS has 1 sense:
1. iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
Familiarity information: CHLOROSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
chlorosis; greensickness
Hypernyms ("chlorosis" is a kind of...):
iron deficiency anaemia; iron deficiency anemia (a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding)
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