chloro-, chlor- +
(Greek: Chloris, goddess; the color green, yellow-green, or light green)
chlorosis
1. An iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color of the skin; green-sickness, a rare form of anemia in humans.
2. A yellowing or whitening of a plant's leaves and stems caused by a lack of chlorophyll.
3. An abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
4. An abnormal condition characterized by the absence of green pigments in plants, because of a lack of light, or as a result of magnesium-deficiency or iron-deficiency, or to genetic factors inhibiting chlorophyll synthesis.
2. A yellowing or whitening of a plant's leaves and stems caused by a lack of chlorophyll.
3. An abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
4. An abnormal condition characterized by the absence of green pigments in plants, because of a lack of light, or as a result of magnesium-deficiency or iron-deficiency, or to genetic factors inhibiting chlorophyll synthesis.
chlorotic
A reference to iron-deficiency anemia.
chlorpromazine
1. A sedative drug used as a sedative and tranquilizing treatment of psychiatric disorders.
2. A phenothiazine (a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites) used in the form of the base or the hydrochloride salt as an antipsychotic agent, antiemetic, and presurgical sedative, and in the treatment of intractable hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria (genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion), tetanus, and the manic phase of bipolar disorder.
2. A phenothiazine (a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites) used in the form of the base or the hydrochloride salt as an antipsychotic agent, antiemetic, and presurgical sedative, and in the treatment of intractable hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria (genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion), tetanus, and the manic phase of bipolar disorder.
hypochlorous
1. Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.
2. An acid derived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming various salts, called hypochlorites.
2. An acid derived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming various salts, called hypochlorites.
pleiochloruria
Excessive chlorides in the urine.
tetrachloride
Any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule.
xylochlore
An altered form of apophyllite, found in olive-green crystals in a fossil tree-stem in a volcanic rock in Iceland.
zonochlorite
1. A mineral; such as, an impure variety of prehnite (a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime) occurring in green pebbles of a banded structure.
2. Name for a supposed species of mineral from Lake Superior, marked with bands of different shades of green.
2. Name for a supposed species of mineral from Lake Superior, marked with bands of different shades of green.
