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pallor Definition

pal·lor (palər)

noun

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

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

pallor Synonyms

pallor

n.

wanness, whiteness, lack of color; see paleness 1.

pallor Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • death: He wears a black beaver hat and a black Inverness coat and his face has on it the pallor of death.
  • smoker: An example: The lackluster pallor of a smoker 's complexion is a result of inadequately nourished skin cells.
  • skin: Associated marked pallor of the skin has led to these attacks being called Pallid Syncope.

Converse of object

  • include: Warning signs of falling blood pressure include pallor, sweating, nausea or feeling generally unwell.
  • have: His skin has the shiny pallor of someone who has never seen daylight.
  • mottle: He spun round with a scream and fell upon his back, his hideous red face turning suddenly to a dreadful mottled pallor.
  • sweat: Typical signs and symptoms may include hypertension, hyperglycaemia, headache, palpitations, sweating, pallor and nausea.
  • cause: Reduced blood flow to the skin may cause pallor, pain, coldness of hands and feet and sometimes numbness or tingling.

Adjective modifier

  • deathly: She was standing with glaring eyes, parted lips, and a deathly pallor on her worn face.
  • sickly: A sickly pallor overspread his countenance, and he trembled like an aspen.
  • gray: After another ten years, smokers develop dry skin and a gray pallor.
  • lackluster: An example: The lackluster pallor of a smoker's complexion is a result of inadequately nourished skin cells.
  • unhealthy: Make-up didn't quite hide the dark rings under her eyes or the unhealthy pallor of her skin.
  • facial: Her tongue color had subdued and she had lost the facial pallor.

Modifies a noun

tenderness: The rotation then pallor tenderness on them can do.

Noun used with modifier

skin: Pernicious anemia also causes soreness of the tongue, loss of weight, skin pallor often with a lemon tint, and intermittent diarrhea.

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