Chlorosis (medicine)
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Chlorosis: iron deficiency anemia
Cholera: An acute, infectious disease characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. Cholera is spread by feces-contaminated water and food.
CHLOROSIS (Green Sickness, type of anemia) (J.H. Kellogg, M.D., Formulas)
Chlorosis is a form of anemia in adolescent girls, generally due to faulty diet during puberty. It is also called "green sickness." ...
Chlorosis
A form of anemia observed mostly in pubescent girls in whom menstruation has not become regularly established, and occasionally in boys at about the period of puberty.
Chlorosis can occur on very alkaline soils, though otherwise its pH tolerance is quite high. As concerns levels of moisture, the red maple grows everywhere from dry ridges and southwest facing slopes to peat bogs and swamps.
chlorosis : a form of anemia rarely encountered nowadays
cholagogue : stimulates the flow of bile into the duodenum
cholecystokinetic : stimulates contraction of the gallbladder
choleretic : aids excretion of bile by the liver ...
The changes are also common in pernicious anaemia, advanced chlorosis, cachexias, and in the later stages of starvation.
 See also: Cancer, Symptom, Fever, Anemia, Stomach
  
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