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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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There was Kent Brantly, 27, a family physician who, owing to the grueling hours and oppressive African heat, had lost 30 pounds even before he succumbed to hemorrhagic fevers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

This included both ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

For hemorrhagic stroke, 211 cases were reported in the highest group and 91 in the lowest group.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

Rwandan health authorities are working to control an outbreak of Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic disease in the same family as Ebola, that is spreading across the country.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024

The blood in the gut looked like the effects of a monkey virus called simian hemorrhagic fever, or shf.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston