a. [f. as prec. + -IC.] Characterized by anæmia.
1. Bloodless; ill-supplied with blood, or having blood of poor quality.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., III. 720. c/2. The brain of the ill-nourished strumous child is generally an anæmic brain.
1879. H. Spencer, Data of Eth., vi. § 37. 94. Anæmic, fat-chested school girls, bending over many lessons and forbidden boisterous play.
2. Of, or pertaining to, anæmia.
1858. Thudichum, The Urine, 3. Chlorosis and other anæmic conditions.
1861. Graham, Pract. Med., 725. There is an anæmic murmur in the ascending aorta.
