n.
Pronunciation: ' hem-rij, ' he-m ə -
Function: 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 >
– hem · or · rhag · ic \ ˌ he-m ə - ' ra-jik \ adjective