pallor

[ pal-er ]

/ ˈpæl ər /

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noun

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

Words nearby pallor

pallidectomy, pallidoansotomy, pallidotomy, pallidum, pallium, pallor, pally, pally up, palm, palm bay, palm beach

Origin of pallor

1650–60; < Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall(ēre) to be pale + -or -or¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pallor

pale pall pallor

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Examples from the Web for pallor

Her face, notwithstanding its pallor, was like the face of a little child.
To Win the Love He Sought|E. Phillips Oppenheim
He looked something older than his years, which were two-and-thirty; on his face was the pallor of mental suffering.
New Grub Street|George Gissing
Her pallor, her most haunting stare, have already sown chaos in the heart of a certain important personage.
Clair de Lune|Michael Strange
But for all her pallor she seemed quite collected, even smiling.
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator|John T. McIntyre

He wondered if it were still the same excitement that sent the alternate flush and pallor up her cheek.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pallor

pallor

/ (ˈpælə) /

noun

a pale condition, esp when unnaturalfear gave his face a deathly pallor

Word Origin for pallor

C17: from Latin: whiteness (of the skin), from pallēre to be pale 1

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Medicine definitions for pallor

pallor

[ păl′ər ]

n.

Paleness, as of the skin.

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