hemorrhagic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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According to his death certificate, Busch died from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the strain responsible for the current spread of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Old World hantaviruses, which are endemic to Africa, Asia and Europe, can cause hemorrhagic fever with kidney disease.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
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
As Karl Johnson explained to me, “I’ve seen young physicians run from these hemorrhagic viruses, literally. They’re unable to work in the middle of an outbreak. They refuse to get off the plane.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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