Chlorosis Definition

klə-rōsĭs
noun
An abnormal condition of plants in which the green parts lose their color or turn yellow as a result of a lack of chlorophyll production due to disease, lack of light, etc.
Webster's New World
A form of iron-deficiency anemia sometimes affecting girls at puberty and causing the skin to turn a greenish color.
Webster's New World
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Chlorosis Sentence Examples

  • Wharfinger states that in chlorosis the specific action of iron is only obtained by administering those inorganic preparations which give a reaction with the ordinary reagents; the iron ions in a state of dissociation act as a catalytic agent, destroying the hypothetical toxin which is the cause of chlorosis.

  • Planting in shallow chalk soils will cause chlorosis in time.

  • Its combined action on the bowel and the uterus is of especial value in chlorosis, of which amenorrhoea is an almost constant symptom.

  • Another cause of chlorosis can be alkaline soil conditions which prevent the uptake of Iron (Fe ++) essential for making chlorophyll.

  • Generally, the younger leaves are most affected, the most mature leaves sometimes show no chlorosis at all.

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