hemorrhage

hem·or·rhage  (hmr-j)

n.

1. Excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels; profuse bleeding.

2. A copious loss of something valuable: a hemorrhage of corporate earnings.

v. hem·or·rhaged, hem·or·rhag·ing, hem·or·rhag·es

v.intr.

1. To bleed copiously.

2. To undergo a rapid and sudden loss: a gubernatorial candidate whose popularity hemorrhaged after a disastrous debate.

v.tr.

To lose (something valuable) rapidly and in quantity: The company was hemorrhaging capital when it was bought by another firm.

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[From obsolete hemoragie, emorogie, from Middle English emorogie, from Old French emoragie, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagi : haimo-, hemo- + -rrhagi, -rrhagia.]

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hemor·rhagic (hm-rjk) adj.

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hemorrhage  (hmr-j)

Excessive or uncontrollable bleeding, often caused by trauma, surgical or obstetrical complications, or the advanced stages of certain illnesses, such as cirrhosis and peptic ulcer disease.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hemorrhage - the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel bleeding, haemorrhage harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke - stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain cerebral hemorrhage - bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain blood extravasation - the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions hyphema - bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye metrorrhagia - bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer) epistaxis, nosebleed - bleeding from the nose ulemorrhagia - bleeding of the gums
Verb	1.	hemorrhage - lose blood from one's body bleed, shed blood menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

Translations

hemorrhage haemorrhage