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anemious

anemious adjective: pertaining to anemia.

Adjective

anemious (comparative more anemious, superlative most anemious)

  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

Forms of anemious

comparativemore anemious
superlativemost anemious

Origin of anemious

From anemia + -ous.

Questions about anemious

What does anemious mean?
Anemious means pertaining to anemia.
What part of speech is anemious?
Anemious is an adjective.

Words near anemious in the dictionary

  1. anemiated
  2. anemic
  3. anemical
  4. anemically
  5. anemics
  6. anemious
  7. anemization
  8. anemiæ
  9. anemo-
  10. anemochore
  11. anemochores

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