OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37428

chlorosis

Meanings (ES + gloss)
clorosis
An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains…
clorosis
A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.
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