Anemic vs Ischemic - What's the difference?
anemic | ischemic |
Of or pertaining to anemia.
(by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
* 1938 , Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and Century (volume 100, page 156)
(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by ischemia—local anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply.
As adjectives the difference between anemic and ischemic
is that anemic is of or pertaining to anemia while ischemic is (pathology) characteristic of, or accompanied by ischemia—local anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply.As a noun anemic
is an individual who has anemia.anemic
English
Alternative forms
* anaemic (UK) *Adjective
(en adjective)- My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables.