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Hardly a full-blooded complaint (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anaemia

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'complaint' is the definition.
(a medical complaint)

'hardly a full-blooded' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for anaemia that I've seen before include "Pale condition" , "complaint of blood" , "Pallid condition" , "Result of iron deficiency" , "Promote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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