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hemorrhagic

American  
[hem-uh-raj-ik] / ˌhem əˈrædʒ ɪk /

adjective

  1. involving, tending toward, resembling, or resulting from hemorrhage.


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Cut to a September 2026 interview with The Guardian, a month before his fifth album, “Fudge,” was due to come out: Kiwanuka revealed he’d suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in July 2025.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Original Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on March 7 and was hospitalized, his label announced in an Instagram post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

At nearby tents, screening teams check passengers' temperatures and look for symptoms of the hemorrhagic fever.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The company's vaccine development pipeline also includes candidates targeting seasonal influenza, pandemic influenza threats, hemorrhagic fever viruses, and coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

A pathologist at the Institute had inspected the meat very carefully and had given it a tentative diagnosis of simian hemorrhagic fever—harmless to humans, lethal to monkeys.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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