Hemorrhagic

//ˌhɛməˈrædʒɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or producing hemorrhage. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a hemorrhage wordnet

Synonyms

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"It's not a new problem. The AIDS virus, HIV, is now known to have originated from a similar virus in African chimpanzees. An estimated 30-million people have died of AIDS since the early 1980s. Other human diseases with animal origins include SARS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever and West Nile encephalitis."

Etymology

From hemorrhage + -ic.

Related phrases

Ebola hemorrhagic feverMarburg hemorrhagic feverWest African hemorrhagic feverepizootic hemorrhagic diseasehemorrhagic feverhemorrhagic strokehereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

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