Hemorrhage
//ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A heavy release of blood within or from the body. US, countable, uncountable
"We got news that he died of a hemorrhage."
- 2 the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel wordnet
- 3 A sudden or significant loss US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization"
Verb
- 1 To bleed copiously. US, intransitive
"He's hemorrhaging!"
- 2 lose blood from one's body wordnet
- 3 To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities. US, figuratively, transitive
"The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt."
Example
More examples"Mother had a large lung hemorrhage and died."
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”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
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