hemorrhage

== English == === Alternative forms === haemorrhage (Commonwealth English) hæmorrhage (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin haemorrhagia, 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 === IPA(key): /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === hemorrhage (countable and uncountable, plural hemorrhages) (American spelling) A heavy release of blood within or from the body. (figurative) A sudden or significant loss ==== Synonyms ==== bleeding bleed hemorrhea (dated, uncommon) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hematoma hemotology ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hemorrhage (third-person singular simple present hemorrhages, present participle hemorrhaging, simple past and past participle hemorrhaged) (American spelling) (intransitive) To bleed copiously. (transitive, figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “hemorrhage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hemorrhage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hemorrhage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.