HAEMORRHAGE


Meaning of HAEMORRHAGE in English

n. & v. (US hemorrhage)

n. 1 an escape of blood from a ruptured blood-vessel, esp. when profuse. 2 an extensive damaging loss suffered by a State. organization, etc., esp. of people or assets.

v.intr. undergo a haemorrhage. haemorrhagic adj.

[ earlier haemorrhagy f. F hémorr(h)agie f. L haemorrhagia f. Gk haimorrhagia f. haima blood + stem of rhegnumi burst ]

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