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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.