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Definition of pallor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pallor

noun
 
/ˈpælə(r)/
 
/ˈpælər/
[uncountable]
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  1. a pale colour of the face, especially because of illness or fear
    • Her cheeks had an unhealthy pallor.
    • He had a sickly pallor.
    • the deathly pallor of her face
    Topics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deathly
    • sickly
    verb + pallor
    • have
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from pallere ‘be pale’.
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