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hem·or·rhage
(hĕm′ər-ĭj)n.
1. Excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels; profuse bleeding.
2. A copious loss of something valuable: a hemorrhage of corporate earnings.
v. hem·or·rhaged, hem·or·rhag·ing, hem·or·rhag·es
v.intr.
1. To bleed copiously.
2. To undergo a rapid and sudden loss: a gubernatorial candidate whose popularity hemorrhaged after a disastrous debate.
v.tr.
To lose (something valuable) rapidly and in quantity: The company was hemorrhaging capital when it was bought by another firm.
[From obsolete hemoragie, emorogie, from Middle English emorogie, from Old French emoragie, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagiā : haimo-, hemo- + -rrhagiā, -rrhagia.]
hem′or·rhag′ic (hĕm′ə-răj′ĭk) adj.
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hem•or•rhage
(ˈhɛm ər ɪdʒ, ˈhɛm rɪdʒ)n., v. -rhaged, -rhag•ing. n.
1. a profuse discharge of blood.
2. the loss of assets, esp. in large amounts.
v.i. 3. to bleed profusely.
4. to lose assets, esp. in large amounts.
v.t. 5. to lose (assets): The company was hemorrhaging cash.
hem`or•rhag′ic (-əˈrædʒ ɪk) adj.
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hem·or·rhage
(hĕm′ər-ĭj) Bleeding, especially in excessive amounts.
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hemorrhage
Past participle: hemorrhaged
Gerund: hemorrhaging
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
hemorrhage
Abnormal excessive bleeding, inside or outside the body.
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| Noun | 1. |  hemorrhage - the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vesselharm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke - stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain cerebral hemorrhage - bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain blood extravasation - the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions hyphema - bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye metrorrhagia - bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer) ulemorrhagia - bleeding of the gums |
| Verb | 1. |  hemorrhage - lose blood from one's body menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" |
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Translations
hemoragiekrvácení
verenvuoto
出血
haemorrhage
(American) hemorrhage (ˈheməridʒ) noun bleeding in large amounts, from damaged blood-vessels.
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hem·or·rhage
n. hemorragia, derrame profuso de sangre;
cerebral ___ → ___ cerebral, accidente cerebrovascular;
concealed ___ → ___ oculta;
internal ___ → ___ interna;
intracranial ___ → ___ intracraneana;
intraventricular ___ → ___ intraventricular;
nasal ___ → ___ nasal;
petechial ___ → ___ petequial;
postpartum ___ → ___ puerperal.
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hemorrhage
n hemorragia, sangrado (fam); subarachnoid — hemorragia subaracnoideaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.