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anæmic, a.|əˈniːmɪk, əˈnɛmɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Characterized by anæmia.
1. a. Bloodless; ill-supplied with blood, or having blood of poor quality.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. III. 720 c/2 The brain of the ill-nourished strumous child is generally an anæmic brain. 1879H. Spencer Data of Eth. vi. §37. 94 Anæmic, flat-chested school girls, bending over many lessons and forbidden boisterous play.
b. transf. and fig. Lacking in vigour, strength, or spirit. colloq.
1898Daily News 16 Sept. 4/5 The Americans..are not anæmic. They are overflowing with vigour and enterprise. 1899Ibid. 21 Oct. 7/7 Some of the tweeds are made in rather anæmic, sickly tones. 1906Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 20/3 [He] must indeed have made an anæmic diamond declaration. 1941N. Coward Australia Visited iv. 28 Far too much anæmic nonsense was put forward by the young intelligentsia.
2. Of, or pertaining to, anæmia.
1858Thudichum Urine 3 Chlorosis and other anæmic conditions. 1861Graham Pract. Med. 725 There is an anæmic murmur in the ascending aorta. |