hemorrhage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links

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From Latin haemorrhagia < Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (“‘a violent bleeding’”) < αἱμορραγής (“‘bleeding violently’”) < αἷμα (aima), “‘blood’”) + -ραγία < ῥηγνύναι (“‘to break, burst’”)

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (Commonwealth English) haemorrhage

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hemorrhage (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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• bleeding

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia entry on hemorrhage

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to 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.

[edit] External links

• hemorrhage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hemorrhage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• hemorrhage at OneLook® Dictionary Search