chlorosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
    greensickness.

WordNet

Chlo*ro"sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. light green: cf. F. chlorose.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
  2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Webster 1913