anemious

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Etymology[edit]

anemia +‎ -ous

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anemious (comparative more anemious, superlative most anemious)

  1. Pertaining to anemia.
    • 1845, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 63, page 440:
      It was anemious in two cases where the patients died early, and on two other occasions when death took place long subsequent to febrile action.
    • 1846, Marshall Hall, Practical Observations and Suggestions in Medicine:
      The cause of this convulsion is the anemious condition, not of the brain, but of the spinal marrow; this is ascertained in the sheep in the following manner []

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