pallor

Pallor is extreme paleness or a lack of healthy color in the skin.

(noun)

An example of pallor is when you are sick and your face is very pale as a result.

See pallor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

lack of color; unnatural paleness, as of the face, associated with poor health, fear, etc.

Origin: L < base of pallere, to be pale, akin to pallidus, pale

See pallor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Extreme or unnatural paleness.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pallour

Origin: , from Old French palor

Origin: , from Latin pallor

Origin: , from pallēre, to be pale; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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