different between chlorosis vs etiolation

English

chlor- +? -osis

chlorosis (countable and uncountable, plural chloroses)

(pathology, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.
(botany, phytopathology, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.

From French étiolé, past participle of étioler (“to blanch”).

etiolation (countable and uncountable, plural etiolations)

(botany) growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis
(botany) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)

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