anemics
Those lacking iron
Anemics are people who have anemia—a condition where the blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body's tissues.
The term appears in medical contexts and figuratively to describe those perceived as weak or lacking vitality: The coach had no patience for anemics who couldn't finish the drill.
Lacking color intensity
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- weakLacking power or force
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- dizzySensation of spinning
fatigued · lethargic · exhausted · faint · listless · wan · sallow · depleted
Those receiving medical treatment
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
transfusion · supplements · bloodwork · diagnosis · treatment · symptoms · chronic · severe
pale
Lacking color intensity
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- weakLacking power or force
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
dizzy · fatigued · lethargic · exhausted · faint · listless · wan · sallow · depleted · drained
patients
Those receiving medical treatment
hemoglobin · transfusion · supplements · bloodwork · diagnosis · treatment · symptoms · chronic · severe · mild
weakened
Made less capable
- lackingBeing without something
- deficientHaving too little
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
depleted · bloodless · lifeless · drained · feeble · pallid · undernourished · starved · wanting · thin
- sickle cell anemiaHereditary hemoglobin mutation disease
- sickle-cell anemiaInherited disorder causing misshapen erythrocytes
- megaloblastic anemiaDefective red cell maturation
- sideroblastic anemiaDefective hemoglobin synthesis disorder
- iron deficiency anemiaBlood disorder from metal lack
- anemia testChecks for blood deficiency