chlorosis

IPA: kɫˈɔrʌsʌs

(pathology, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.
(botany, phytopathology, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

Examples of "chlorosis" in Sentences

Its recovering from chlorosis, its a mineral deficiency.
That is too bad about the yellow leaves, chlorosis, right?
This is true especially in young girls who have what is called chlorosis or green sickness.
Then right on its heels came mottled chlorosis—the poinsettia leaves were shaped fine, they just looked as if they had contracted measles.
Unfortunately, the first visible symptom of root rot, chlorosis, can be caused by many other problems such as a shortage of nutrients, too much or too little watering, or insect or nematode damage.
The chlorosis is another disease owing to the deficient action of the absorbents of the liver, and perhaps in some degree also to that of the secretory vessels, or glands, which compose that viscus.
_ When the defect of the due action of both the absorbent and secerning vessels of the liver affects women, and is attended with obstruction of the catamenia, it is called chlorosis; and is cured by the exhibition of steel, which restores by its specific stimulus the absorbent power of the liver; and the menstruation, which was obstructed in consequence of debility, recurs.