Chlo*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. light green: cf. F. chlorose.]
1. Med.
The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
2. Bot.
A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
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