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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

χλωρόσ

light green: cf. F.

chlorose

(Med.)

The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

(Bot.)

A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Noun.

The green sickness; a disease of females, characterized by a pale or greenish hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, dyspepsy, &c.