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.

Derivatives:

haemorrhagic adj.

Etymology: earlier haemorrhagy f. F h{eacute}morr(h)agie f. L haemorrhagia f. Gk haimorrhagia f. haima blood + stem of rhegnumi burst

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.