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greensickness

[ green-sik-nis ]

noun

, Pathology.


greensickness

/ ˈɡriːnˌsɪknɪs /

noun

  1. another name for chlorosis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgreenˌsick, adjective
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Other Words From

  • greensick adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greensickness1

First recorded in 1575–85; green + sickness
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Example Sentences

The earlier fever in her blood had gradually dropped to the greensickness of middle-age, so that she was vaguely repellent to men, particularly the young.

To these belong Bright's disease, which very often turns into pulmonary consumption, greensickness or chlorosis, anaemia, continued febrile diseases, severe chronic suppuration, chronic catarrh of the stomach, frequent pregnancies, childbed diseases.

When a man is in the unsatisfied stages of love he must expect occasional attacks of greensickness, sullen passions intensified by unreasoning fear.

Her face was of the colour that greensickness imparts.

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