An old medical term for a type of anemia characterized by pale or greenish-tinged skin, often associated with iron deficiency in teenage girls.
From 'chloro-' (Greek for green) + 'anemia' (Greek for without blood). The term describes the greenish pallor that sometimes accompanied iron-deficiency anemia in historical medical cases.
Chloroanemia was much more common in the 19th century when young women wore extremely tight corsets that restricted blood circulation and when menstrual iron loss wasn't understood—it's basically a historical diagnosis we don't see anymore.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.