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Hemorrhage
Definitions
- 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"
- 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."
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.
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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