haemorrhagia

== English == === Alternative forms === hæmorrhagia, hemorrhagia === Noun === haemorrhagia (pathology) haemorrhage (pathology) Any of several hemorrhagic fevers. (zoology) A former genus, Haemorrhagia, of moths belonging to the family Sesiidae, now placed in genus Hemaris in Sphingidae. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “haemorrhagia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hae̯.mɔrˈrʰa.ɡi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.morˈraː.d͡ʒi.a] === Noun === haemorrhagia f (genitive haemorrhagiae); first declension (medical) A heavy release of blood within or from the body ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: hemorrhage, haemorrhage (Commonwealth English), hæmorrhage (obsolete) → Italian: emorragia