hemorrhage
[hem-er-ij, hem-rij]
- a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- the loss of assets, especially in large amounts.
- any widespread or uncontrolled loss or diffusion.
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- to bleed profusely.
- to lose assets, especially in large amounts.
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- to lose (assets): a company that was hemorrhaging money.
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Origin of hemorrhage
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Examples from the Web for hemorrhagic
Contemporary Examples
The only thing more terrifying than the spread of Ebola is when the hemorrhagic fever spreads to pregnant women.
The Only Thing More Terrifying Than Ebola Is Being Pregnant With EbolaKent Sepkowitz, Abby Haglage
October 2, 2014
In 1991, before he was pope, he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that briefly affected his eyesight.
Because an autopsy disclosed multiple internal hemorrhages, the cause of death was tentatively listed as “hemorrhagic bronchitis.”
Historical Examples
Abortion is very frequent because of the hemorrhagic endometritis.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
Its walls were much congested and full of hemorrhagic points.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed DiseaseAlbert Cornelius Crawford
The heart was dilated; the stomach was not hemorrhagic, but rather pale.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed DiseaseAlbert Cornelius Crawford
The lymph-nodes may be congested, or edematous and hemorrhagic.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
The base of each cutaneous efflorescence was hemorrhagic and dematous.
PlagueThomas Wright Jackson
Word Origin and History for hemorrhagic
hemorrhage
v.
by 1882, from hemorrhage (n.). Related: Hemorrhaged; hemorrhaging.
Slang in Reports: B.I.D. for "Brought in Dead" and "Dotty" are, [Mr. Sidney Holland of London Hospital] considers, permissible expressions, but he draws the line at "fitting" and "hæmorrhaging." Only such terms, he says, should be used as outside doctors will understand. We would say that on a point of such odiously bad taste he might have been much more severe. [Lavinia L. Dock, "The American Journal of Nursing," 1906]
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hemorrhage
n.
c.1400, emorosogie (modern form by 17c.), from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from haimorrhages "bleeding violently," from haima "blood" (see -emia) + rhage "a breaking," from rhegnynai "to break, burst." Related: Hemorrhagic.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
hemorrhage
(hĕm′ər-ĭj)- An escape of blood from the blood vessels, especially when excessive.hemorrhea
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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hemorrhage
[hĕm′ər-ĭj]
- 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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