hemorrhage
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ//
A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
noun
- 1
A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
- 2
figurativeA sudden or significant loss.
the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization
Etymology
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.
verb
- 1
To bleed copiously.
The patient is hemorrhaging!
- 2
figurativeTo lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
“That in itself is important for [Iran’s] longer game and their broader strategic objectives,” says Dr. [Sanam] Vakil. “I think they were trying to force Israel to think twice, in order to stop the hemorrhaging around the region of their individuals and of their position.”
Forms
- plural
- hemorrhages
- past tense
- hemorrhaged
- past participle
- hemorrhaged
- present participle
- hemorrhaging
- third person singular
- hemorrhages
hemorrhage · A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
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