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Definition of Greensickness
1. Noun. Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin.
Definition of Greensickness
1. Noun. chlorosis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greensickness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greensickness
Literary usage of Greensickness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reference handbook of the diseases of children for students and physicians by Ferdinand Frühwald, Thompson Seiser Westcott (1906)
"The term greensickness (chlorosis) describes the general nature of the disease,
which is comparatively common in young girls before or during the age of ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Affected by or "having greensickness; chlorotic. ... Ritchie, Book of Sibyls.
greensickness (gren'sik'nes), ». An anemic disease of young women, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... and " in the greensickness." See also "in the green tree" and to " keep the
memory green." Of the " hoard of green cloth " a full history is given. ..."
4. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... Key gives the following statistics showing the age liability of Swedish girls
to greensickness or chlorosis: Both Bunge and Marro found a slight excess ..."
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