anemious

adj

anemious

adj

Etymology From anemia + -ous.

1

Pertaining to anemia.

  • 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.1845, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 63, page 440:
  • 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 […]1846, Marshall Hall, Practical Observations and Suggestions in Medicine:

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