Skip to content

hemorrhage

noun

  1. symptom
L227370 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. lose (blood) quickly
L331907 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun

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.

  1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

    We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.

  2. A sudden or significant loss

    the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization

verb

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.

  1. To bleed copiously.

    The patient is hemorrhaging!

  2. 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.”

hemorrhage — meaning, definition (noun, verb) · Vinony