Chlo-rō'sis, n.

n. [N. Lat. chlorosis, Fr. chlorose, from Gr. χλωρός, light-green.]

1. (Med.) The green sickness; a disease of young females, characterized by a pale or greenish hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, &c. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing them to turn of a pale hue.