PALLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pallor mean? 

• PALLOR (noun)
  The noun PALLOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PALLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("pallor" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Derivation:

pale (turn pale, as if in fear)

 Context examples 

As a result, the red cells have an area of central pallor which is increased in size.

(Hypochromic Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

This time he did not start as he looked on the poor face with the same awful, waxen pallor as before.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A blush drove the pallor from her face.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She was rather above the middle height, slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the absolute pallor of her skin.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Rochester's extreme pallor had disappeared, and he looked once more firm and stern.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Transient pallor of the skin caused by reduced blood flow to the affected region.

(Blanching, NCI Thesaurus)

That coal-black beard was in singular contrast to the pallor of his face, and his eyes were as bright as if he had a fever.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was most impressed, however, by the extreme pallor of his face and by the nervousness of his manner.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Signs and symptoms of anemia may include pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, soft systolic murmurs, lethargy, and fatigability.

(Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores (KFSS) Record number 1 in small box for presence of temporal pallor.

(KFSS - Presence of Temporal Pallor, NCI Thesaurus)