noun
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
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• Derivationally related forms:
↑wan (for: ↑wanness), ↑pale (for: ↑pallor), ↑pallid (for: ↑pallidness), ↑pale (for: ↑paleness), ↑lurid (for: ↑luridness), ↑livid (for: ↑lividity), ↑livid (for: ↑lividness)
• Hypernyms: ↑complexion, ↑skin color, ↑skin colour
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\\|ākrōˈmāzh(ē)ə, ˌak-\ noun (-s)1. : achromia
2. of cells or tissues : loss of the usual reaction to stains
Useful english dictionary. 2012.