Rarely used term for a form of chronic hypochromic microcytic (iron deficiency) anemia, characterized by a great reduction in hemoglobin out of proportion to the decreased number of red blood cells; observed chiefly in females from puberty to the third decade and usually associated with diets deficient in iron and protein. SYN: asiderotic anemia, chloremia (1), chloroanemia, chlorotic anemia, green sickness. [chloro- + G. -osis, condition]
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chlo·ro·sis klə-'rō-səs n, pl -ro·ses -.sēz an iron-deficiency anemia esp. of adolescent girls that may impart a greenish tint to the skin called also greensickness
chlo·rot·ic -'rät-ik adj
Medical dictionary. 2011.