Definitions for pallorˈpæl ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pal•lorˈpæl ər(n.)

  1. unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of pallor:

1650–60; < L: paleness <pall(ēre) to be pale

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia(noun)

    unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Wiktionary

  1. pallor(Noun)

    Paleness; want of color; pallidity.

    pallor of the complexion

  2. Origin: From pallor, from palleo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pallor(adj)

    paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Pallor

    A clinical manifestation consisting of an unnatural paleness of the skin.


Translations for pallor

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

pallor(noun)

unpleasant paleness

an unhealthy pallor.

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