Dictionary

hemorrhage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
   • We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
2. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A sudden or significant loss.
   • the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization

Forms

Deriveds

cerebral hemorrhage · haemorrhagic · hemorrhagic · microhemorrhage · macrohemorrhage · Duret hemorrhage · hemorrhagiparous · hemorrhagin

Relateds

hematology · hematoma

Synonyms

hemorrhea · bleeding · bleed

Translations (49)

kk қан құйылу (release of blood; bleeding) · ko 출혈 (release of blood; bleeding) · de Blutung (release of blood; bleeding) · sv blödning (release of blood; bleeding) · ru кровоизлия́ние (release of blood; bleeding) · bg кръвоизлив (release of blood; bleeding) · mn цус алдах (release of blood; bleeding) · pl krwawienie (release of blood; bleeding) · eo hemoragio (release of blood; bleeding) · fr hémorragie (release of blood; bleeding) · sl krvavitev (release of blood; bleeding) · el αιμορραγία (release of blood; bleeding) · sl krvavenje (release of blood; bleeding) · ar نَزْف (release of blood; bleeding) · ca hemorràgia (release of blood; bleeding) · id perdarahan (release of blood; bleeding) · cy gwaedlif (release of blood; bleeding) · no blødning (release of blood; bleeding) · it emorragia (release of blood; bleeding) · ru геморраги́я (release of blood; bleeding) · sk vnútorné krvácanie (release of blood; bleeding) · ar نَزِيف (release of blood; bleeding) · pl krwotok (release of blood; bleeding) · grc αἱμορραγία (release of blood; bleeding) · nrf hémorragie (release of blood; bleeding) · grc αἱμόρροια (release of blood; bleeding) · ru кровотече́ние (release of blood; bleeding) · sl hemoragija (release of blood; bleeding) · fi verenvuoto (release of blood; bleeding) · es hemorragia (release of blood; bleeding) · cs hemoragie (release of blood; bleeding) · oc emorragia (release of blood; bleeding) · mn цус харвах (release of blood; bleeding) · ml രക്തസ്രാവം (release of blood; bleeding) · km ការធ្លាក់ឈាម (release of blood; bleeding) · grc αἱματόρροια (release of blood; bleeding) · gl hemorraxia (release of blood; bleeding) · hi रक्तस्राव (release of blood; bleeding) · io hemoragio (release of blood; bleeding) · ms pendarahan (release of blood; bleeding) · cmn 出血 (release of blood; bleeding) · tr kanama (release of blood; bleeding) · ja 出血 (release of blood; bleeding) · nl bloeding (release of blood; bleeding) · mi ikura (release of blood; bleeding) · pt hemorragia (release of blood; bleeding) · mwl almorragie (release of blood; bleeding) · cs krvácení (release of blood; bleeding) · hy արյունահոսություն (release of blood; bleeding)

hemorrhage en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (US, intransitive) To bleed copiously.
   • The patient is hemorrhaging!
2. (US, figuratively, transitive) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
   • The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
   • “That in itself is important for [Iran’s] longer game and their broader strategic objectives,” says Dr. [Sanam] Vakil. “I think they were trying to force Israel to think twice, in order to stop the hemorrhaging around the region of their individuals and of their position.” 2024 May 3, Scott Peterson, “Iran’s official line on exchange with Israel: Deterrence restored”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

Forms

Deriveds

rehemorrhage