hemorrhage
To bleed copiouslyTo bleed copiously.
» Tom died from a brain hemorrhage.
Meaning
2 senses(US, intransitive)To bleed copiously.
The patient is hemorrhaging!
(US, figuratively, transitive)To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
lose blood from one's body
Examples
8 sentencesTom died from a brain hemorrhage.
Mother had a large lung hemorrhage and died.
He had a severe hemorrhage of the stomach.
My father died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage when I was fourteen.
In antiquity, cauterization was the most used method for stopping serious hemorrhages.
Origin
From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
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Forms
hemorrhages, hemorrhaging, hemorrhaged, hemorrhaged| Base form | hemorrhage · to hemorrhage |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hemorrhages |
| Present participle | hemorrhaging |
| Past simple | hemorrhaged |
| Past participle | hemorrhaged |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonyms- lose blood from one's body:shed bloodbleed
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle