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- Ancient Greek · derived fromχλωρός“pale green”
- English todaychloremia
From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, chlor- + -emia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχλωρός all →
chlorinechlorellachloasmachlorastrolitechlorenchymachloro-chloroxiphitechrysochlore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.