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pallor

[ pal-er ]
/ ˈpæl ər /
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noun

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

RELATED WORDS

whiteness, sallowness, wanness, etiolation, achromatic, cadaverousness, pastiness

Nearby words

  1. pallidly,
  2. pallidoansotomy,
  3. pallidotomy,
  4. pallidum,
  5. pallium,
  6. pally,
  7. pally up,
  8. palm,
  9. palm bay,
  10. palm beach

Origin of pallor

1650–60; < Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall(ēre) to be pale + -or -or1
Can be confusedpale pall pallor
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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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Word Origin and History for pallor

pallor

n.

c.1400, from Old French palor "paleness, whiteness" (12c.) and directly from Latin pallor, from pallere "be pale, turn pale," related to pallus "dark-colored, dusky," from PIE root *pel- (2) "pale; gray" (cf. Sanskrit palitah "gray," panduh "whitish, pale;" Greek pelios "livid, dark," polios "gray;" Old English fealo "dull-colored, yellow, brown;" Welsh llwyd "gray").

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Medicine definitions for pallor

pallor

[ păl′ər ]

n.

Paleness, as of the skin.
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