hemorrhage

hem·or·rhage (h

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.

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

hemor·rhagic (h

-r

k) adj.

hemorrhage (h

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.

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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"

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Antihemorrhagic apoplexy bleeding blood extravasation Bloodstroke brain damage cerebral hemorrhage CVA epistaxis haemorrhage haemorrhagic stroke haemorrhaging hemorrhagic stroke hyphema metrorrhagia nosebleed sideropenia stabilized patient ulemorrhagia	Among his other disabilities, he was a consumptive, and I knew that if he attempted to bail, it might bring on a hemorrhage. Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context He tried to reply, but the effort caused him to cough, bringing about a hemorrhage of the lungs and again he fell back exhausted. The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He seemed to have suffered more than either of his companions; he was bleeding, but Nicholl was reassured by finding that the hemorrhage came from a slight wound on the shoulder, a mere graze, which he bound up carefully. Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context	hemoflagellate hemogenesis hemoglobin hemoglobinemia Hemoglobinometer hemoglobinopathy hemoglobinuria hemolymph hemolysin hemolysis hemolytic hemolytic anemia hemolyze hemopathology hemophile hemophilia hemophilia A hemophilia B hemophiliac hemophilic hemophobia hemopoiesis hemopoietic hemoprotein hemoptysis hemorrhage Hemorrhagic hemorrhagic cyst hemorrhagic fever hemorrhagic measles hemorrhagic septicemia hemorrhagic stroke hemorrhoid hemorrhoidal hemorrhoidal vein hemorrhoidectomy hemorrhoids hemosiderin hemosiderosis hemostasia hemostasis hemostat hemostatic Hemothorax hemp hemp agrimony hemp family hemp nettle hemp willow hempen hempen necktie	hemoprotein hemoprotein Hemoproteins Hemoproteins Hemoproteins hemopsonin hemoptysis hemoptysis hemoptysis HemoQuant Hemorheology Hemorheology Hemorheology Hemorhoid Hemorhoid Hemorhoid Hemorhoids Hemorhoids Hemorhoids Hemoroid Hemoroid Hemoroid Hemoroide Hemoroide Hemoroide Hemorrage Hemorrage Hemorrage Hemorrage hemorrhachis hemorrhage Hemorrhage and Resuscitation hemorrhage control hemorrhage control hemorrhage control hemorrhage control hemorrhage control hemorrhage control Hemorrhage Early MRI Evaluation hemorrhage from nostril hemorrhage from nostril hemorrhage from nostril hemorrhage from nostril hemorrhage intra-abdominal hemorrhage intra-abdominal hemorrhage intra-abdominal hemorrhaged hemorrhaged hemorrhaged hemorrhaged hemorrhagenic hemorrhages hemorrhages hemorrhages hemorrhages hemorrhagic hemorrhagic hemorrhagic hemorrhagic hemorrhagic anemia hemorrhagic anemia

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Antihemorrhagic
apoplexy
bleeding
blood extravasation
Bloodstroke
brain damage
cerebral hemorrhage
CVA
epistaxis
haemorrhage
haemorrhagic stroke
haemorrhaging
hemorrhagic stroke
hyphema
metrorrhagia
nosebleed
sideropenia
stabilized patient
ulemorrhagia

Among his other disabilities, he was a consumptive, and I knew that if he attempted to bail, it might bring on a hemorrhage.

Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context

He tried to reply, but the effort caused him to cough, bringing about a hemorrhage of the lungs and again he fell back exhausted.

The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

He seemed to have suffered more than either of his companions; he was bleeding, but Nicholl was reassured by finding that the hemorrhage came from a slight wound on the shoulder, a mere graze, which he bound up carefully.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

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