Chlorosis vs. Necrosis

Chlorosisnoun

An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.

Chlorosisnoun

A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

Chlorosisnoun

The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

Chlorosisnoun

A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Chlorosisnoun

iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin

Chlorosis

In botany, chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll. As chlorophyll is responsible for the green color of leaves, chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white.

Necrosisnoun

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

Necrosisnoun

The pathologic death of part of a tissue due to irreversible damage. Contrast to necrobiosis, which is a normal death of cells in a tissue. Formerly, applied primarily to death of bone tissue.

Necrosisnoun

A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

Necrosisnoun

the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Necrosis

Necrosis (from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις, nékrōsis, ) is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated digestion of cell components.