HAEMORRHAGE

bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage

(noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

haemorrhage (countable and uncountable, plural haemorrhages)

(British spelling, pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.

(figurative) A sudden or significant loss

Synonyms

• bleed

• bleeding

• hæmorrhœa

• hæmatorrhœa

Verb

haemorrhage (third-person singular simple present haemorrhages, present participle haemorrhaging, simple past and past participle haemorrhaged)

(British spelling, intransitive) To bleed copiously.

(transitive, figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.

The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.

Source: Wiktionary



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