hemorrhage
Plural: hemorrhages
Noun
- the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
- A sudden or significant loss
Verb
- lose blood from one's body
- To bleed copiously.
- To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
Examples
- "He's hemorrhaging!"
- "The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt."
- "the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization"
- "We got news that he died of a hemorrhage."
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
bleed, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhea, shed blood
Scrabble Score: 19
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