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pallor
[ pal-er ]
noun
- unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
pallor
/ ˈpælə /
noun
- a pale condition, esp when unnatural
fear gave his face a deathly pallor
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Origin of pallor1
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Example Sentences
He was it must be said looking a little dishevelled, but as we all know an Afghan tan does wonders for that morning-after pallor.
The degree of pallor furnishes a rough index to the amount of hemoglobin in the corpuscle.
He stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.
"Stiff and cold," said Dorothy, her teeth chattering in her head, and a deeper pallor settling on her face.
Upon her cheeks had spread a deadly pallor, while in the centre of each showed a scarlet spot.
The whole face is of a warm pallor, under which the rose tints of beautiful rich blood appear.
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