hemorrhage

[ hem-er-ij, hem-rij ]

noun

1. a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
2. the loss of assets, especially in large amounts.
3. any widespread or uncontrolled loss or diffusion.

verb (used without object)

, hem·or·rhaged, hem·or·rhag·ing.

1. to bleed profusely.
2. to lose assets, especially in large amounts.

verb (used with object)

, hem·or·rhaged, hem·or·rhag·ing.

1. to lose (assets):

   a company that was hemorrhaging money.

hemorrhage

/ hĕm′ər-ĭj /

1. 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.

Other Words From

• hem·or·rhag·ic [hem-, uh, -, raj, -ik], adjective
• posthem·or·rhagic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemorrhage¹

1665–75; < Latin haemorrhagia < Greek haimorrhagía. See hemo-, -rrhagia

Example Sentences

In 1993 a doctor described the Lazarus phenomenon in a seventy-five-year-old man with a lung hemorrhage.

From The Daily Beast

Many patients who die have fixable wounds—their deaths are from hemorrhage.

From The Daily Beast

Britain does not want to see the City of London hemorrhage hundreds of billions of pounds if Russian investors pull out.

From The Daily Beast

The pianist would survive Kennedy by 15 years, before succumbing to a cerebral hemorrhage at age 48.

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But within a minute, the midwife called for backup, and Turlington Burns began to hemorrhage.

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Recognition of occult hemorrhage has its greatest value in diagnosis of gastric cancer and ulcer.

From Project Gutenberg

Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.

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As for me, I have to lay aside my lawn tennis, having (as was to be expected) had a smart but eminently brief hemorrhage.

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"It's nothing serious; just a—pretty bad hemorrhage," he said, finding it necessary to pause between words.

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The danger, as I have already told you, lies in renewed hemorrhage; but that I hope we can prevent.

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