hemorrhage

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

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Singular
hemorrhage

Plural
hemorrhages

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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Infinitive
to hemorrhage

Third person singular
hemorrhages

Simple past
hemorrhaged

Past participle
hemorrhaged

Present participle
hemorrhaging

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.

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