Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
hemorrhage — [hem′ər ij΄, hem′rij΄] n. [Fr hémorrhagie < L haemorrhagia < Gr haimorrhagia < haima, blood (see HEMO ) + base of rhēgnynai, to break, burst] the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding vi. hemorrhaged,… … English World dictionary
hemorrhage — UK US /ˈhemərɪdʒ/ verb [I or T] US ► HAEMORRHAGE(Cf. ↑haemorrhage) verb … Financial and business terms
hemorrhage — [v] bleed drain, extravasate, gush, lose blood, ooze, open vein, outflow, phlebotomize, seep, spill blood; concept 185 … New thesaurus
Hemorrhage — Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. The patient may have an internal hemorrhage that is invisible or an external hemorrhage that is visible on the outside of the body. Bleeding into the spleen or liver is internal hemorrhage. Bleeding from a… … Medical dictionary
hemorrhage — {{11}}hemorrhage (n.) c.1400, emorosogie (modern form by 17c.), from L. haemorrhagia, from Gk. haimorrhagia, from haimorrhages bleeding violently, from haima blood (see EMIA (Cf. emia)) + rhage a breaking, from rhegnynai to break, burst. Related … Etymology dictionary
hemorrhage — I. noun Etymology: Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from haimo hem + rrhagia Date: 1671 1. a copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels 2. a rapid and uncontrollable loss or outflow < a financial hemorrhage > • hemorrhagic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
hemorrhage — hemorrhagic /hem euh raj ik/, adj. /hem euhr ij, hem rij/, n., v., hemorrhaged, hemorrhaging. n. 1. a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding. 2. the loss of assets, esp. in large amounts. 3. any widespread or… … Universalium
hemorrhage — n. a cerebral; internal hemorrhage * * * internal hemorrhage a cerebral … Combinatory dictionary
hemorrhage — noun (AmE) ⇨ See ↑haemorrhage Hemorrhage is used after these nouns: ↑brain … Collocations dictionary
hemorrhage — hem|or|rhage1 [ hemərıdʒ ] noun count or uncount an instance of blood flowing out of an injured organ inside someone s body, rather than out of their body through a cut in the skin hemorrhage hem|or|rhage 2 [ hemərıdʒ ] verb 1. ) intransitive to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
