hemorrhage
a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
the loss of assets, especially in large amounts.
any widespread or uncontrolled loss or diffusion.
to bleed profusely.
to lose assets, especially in large amounts.
to lose (assets): a company that was hemorrhaging money.
Origin of hemorrhage
1Other words from hemorrhage
- hem·or·rhag·ic [hem-uh-raj-ik], /ˌhɛm əˈrædʒ ɪk/, adjective
- post·hem·or·rhag·ic, adjective
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How to use hemorrhage in a sentence
Many doomsday preppers have spent their lives stocking up for an emergency of the type this contagious hemorrhagic fever presents.
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola | Nina Strochlic | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe only thing more terrifying than the spread of Ebola is when the hemorrhagic fever spreads to pregnant women.
The Only Thing More Terrifying Than Ebola Is Being Pregnant With Ebola | Kent Sepkowitz, Abby Haglage | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn unusually lethal hemorrhagic fever was sweeping through the region.
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease also savaged the domestic rabbit population during outbreaks in 2000 and 2001, according to the USDA.
In 1991, before he was pope, he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that briefly affected his eyesight.
The hemorrhagic type is oftener seen in subjects debilitated or in a depraved state of health.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe presence of the minute hemorrhagic puncta, the multiform character and peculiar distribution of the eruption.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonIt consists of an erythematous spot with a minute central hemorrhagic point.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe first stomach, however, contained small hemorrhagic spots, and the second was black.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease | Albert Cornelius CrawfordIn hemorrhagic inflammation the exudation contains large numbers of red blood-corpuscles.
Scientific definitions for hemorrhage
[ hĕm′ər-ĭj ]
Excessive or uncontrollable bleeding, often caused by trauma, surgical or obstetrical complications, or the advanced stages of certain illnesses, such as cirrhosis and peptic ulcer disease.
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