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Hemorrhage

Hem′or-rhage

,
Noun.
[L.
haemorrhagia
, Gr.
αἱμορραγία
;
αἷμα
blood +
ῥηγνύναι
to break, burst: cf. F.
hémorragie
,
hémorrhagie
.]
(Med.)
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.

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hemorrhage

hemorrhage

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Noun

hemorrhage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hemorrhages)

  1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
    We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.

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Verb

hemorrhage ‎(third-person singular simple present hemorrhages, present participle hemorrhaging, simple past and past participle hemorrhaged)

  1. (intransitive) To bleed copiously.
    He's hemorrhaging!
  2. (transitive) To lose (something) in copious quantities.
    The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.

Etymology

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία ‎(haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής ‎(haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα ‎(haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία ‎(-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι ‎(rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”).

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