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HEMORRHAGE
bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
(noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hemorrhage (countable and uncountable, plural hemorrhages)
(American spelling) A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
Synonyms
• bleeding
Verb
hemorrhage (third-person singular simple present hemorrhages, present participle hemorrhaging, simple past and past participle hemorrhaged) (American spelling)
(intransitive) To bleed copiously.
(transitive) To lose (something) in copious quantities.
Source: Wiktionary
Hem"or*rhage, n. Etym: [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. hémorriage, hémorrhagie.] (Med.)
Definition: Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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