PALLOR

lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pallor (countable and uncountable, plural pallors)

Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness.

Source: Wiktionary


Pal"lor, n. Etym: [L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.]

Definition: Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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