haemorrhage
US hemorrhage
noun
profuse bleeding from ruptured blood vessels
a steady or severe loss or depletion of resources, staff, etc
verb
(intr) to bleed profusely
(tr) to undergo a steady or severe loss or depletion of (resources, staff, etc)
Word Origin for haemorrhage
C17: from Latin haemorrhagia; see haemo-, -rrhagia
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Examples from the Web for haemorrhage
Historical Examples of haemorrhage
No blood issued from the wound—the haemorrhage was all internal.
Snarley-yowFrederick Marryat
It is most easy to illustrate this by describing what happens after a haemorrhage.
In many anaemias there is a special tendency to haemorrhage.
Ulceration and haemorrhage are common accompaniments of this form of cancer.
The surgeon stood at the head of the couch, endeavouring to stop the haemorrhage from the wound.
The Cruise of the FrolicW.H.G. Kingston
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