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chlorosis
(encz) | chlorosis,chloróza n: Zdeněk Brož |
Chlorosis
(gcide) | Chlorosis \Chlo*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. chlwro`s light green:
cf. F. chlorose.]
1. (Med.) The green sickness; an an[ae]mic disease of young
women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue
of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn
green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
[1913 Webster] |
chlorosis
(wn) | chlorosis
n 1: iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by
weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to
the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness] |
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chlorosis
(encz) | chlorosis,chloróza n: Zdeněk Brož |
Egyptian chlorosis
(gcide) | ankylostomiasis \an`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis\, ancylostomiasis
\an`cy*los*to*mi"a*sis\([a^][ng]`k[i^]*l[o^]s*t[-o]*m[imac]"[.a]*s[i^]s),
n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name
of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.)
A disease caused by the hookworm parasites of the genus
Ancylostoma (especially Ancylostoma duodenale), and
Necator americanus. Typically, infection in humans occurs
in the small intestine. In the small intestine they suck the
blood from the wall and, when present in large numbers,
produce a severe anaemia. Called also miner's anaemia,
tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, {Egyptian
chlorosis}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS] |
chlorosis
(wn) | chlorosis
n 1: iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by
weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to
the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness] |
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