English

Alternative forms

• greensickness
• green-sickness

Noun

green sickness ‎(uncountable)

1. A disease characterised by a greenish tint to the skin; chlorosis. [from 16th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 35:

     She died of cirrhosis, brain fever, consumption and green sickness before she reached twenty.

2. With reference to the abnormal appetite associated with such a disease; pica. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• greensick
• green-sicknessed