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ANAEMIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anaemic mean?
• ANAEMIC (adjective)
The adjective ANAEMIC has 2 senses:
1. relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
2. lacking vigor or energy
Familiarity information: ANAEMIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
anaemic; anemic
Pertainym:
anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Derivation:
anaemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking vigor or energy
Synonyms:
anaemic; anemic
Context example:
an anemic attempt to hit the baseball
Similar:
weak (wanting in physical strength)
Derivation:
anaemia (a lack of vitality)
Context examples
In short, Brissenden struck Martin as anaemic and feather-brained, and was promptly dismissed from his mind.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Anaemic blood transmits more light compared to normal blood, so the severity of anaemia can be measured as a ratio of transmitted to original light intensity.
(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)
He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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