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chlorotic

chlorotic

9.9
Pale yellow in leaves that lack green or in people with little red blood
  • adjective
  • /kləˈrɒtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : clorótico
  • Later, when chlorotic symptoms appeared, the bacterium had multiplied in the intercellular spaces and also damaged the palisade parenchyma at 3-4 DAI (Fig. 2).
  • chlorotic yellow

Examples

  • In contrast, lesions on 9930 and True Lemon cotyledons enlarged, coalesced, became necrotic, and developed conspicuous chlorotic boundaries.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Certain plants are just more likely to become chlorotic and so we have to treat them.

  • They're looking a little chlorotic at the moment.

  • Lesions on diseased leaves begin small and water-soaked, which are pale in color, chlorotic (yellow) or necrotic (brown), and are restricted.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Photo of soybean responding to a drift-level exposure to dicamba herbicide, exhibiting typical symptoms of cupped-leaf morphology and chlorotic-leaf margins.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Photo (color): The black-faced leafhopper (Graminella nigrifrons) transmits both maize fine streak virus and maize chlorotic dwarf virus.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The plant's leaves turned a pale yellow and appeared chlorotic, indicating a deficiency in nutrients.

  • When the gardener noticed the chlorotic leaves, he immediately adjusted the soil acidity to help them recover.

  • Chlorotic symptoms in plants often suggest a lack of chlorophyll, making them look unhealthy and yellowish.

Synonyms

greensick
vschlorotic
  • Archaic
9.9

Someone who looks pale and greenish from being weak with illness

is the modern medical adjective for pale yellowish color from lack of chlorophyll or hemoglobin
hypochromic
vschlorotic
  • Specialized
8.9

Paler than normal for red blood cells with less hemoglobin

is broader, naming the whole body's pale yellowish state from lack of hemoglobin
pale-colored
vschlorotic
2.3

Having a light color that is not bright

is the medical adjective for pale yellowish color from lack of chlorophyll or hemoglobin
pale-hued
vschlorotic
5.1

A light color that is not strong

is a medical descriptor for pale yellowish appearance from lack of chlorophyll or hemoglobin

Antonyms

vibrant
29 3.6

Full of bright, strong colors that attract attention

Surface Forms

chlorotic positive

Morphology

chlorotic = chlorosis (opaque) = chlor + otic

The adjective is regularly formed from the medical noun 'chlorosis' by the suffix '-otic', but understanding requires specialized medical vocabulary.

Etymology

Chlorotic comes from the Greek root chlor- meaning 'green', the same root in chlorophyll and chlorine. It is used when leaves or a person's skin look pale or yellow because they have lost green color or enough blood, so chlorotic means 'pale or yellowish' for that reason.