hemorrhage
A heavy release of blood within or from the bodyA heavy release of blood within or from the body.
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» Tom died from a brain hemorrhage.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
Blutung
кровоизлия́ниеkrovoizlijánije, кровотече́ниеkrovotečénije, геморраги́яgemorragíja
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A sudden or significant loss.
the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization
- the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
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.
Translations
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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
plural: hemorrhagesSynonyms
4 synonyms- the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel:bleedinghaemorrhage
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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