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chlo•as•ma
(klō az′mə),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
- Pathologya condition in which light-brown spots occur on the skin, caused by exposure to sun, dyspepsia, or certain specific diseases.
- Late Greek: greenness, derivative of Greek chloázein to be green, derivative of chlóos green
- Neo-Latin
- 1875–80
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