hemorrhage
hemorrhage Lexical Profile
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• noun
American A profuse or uncontrolled escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, either internally or externally.
"The patient required emergency surgery to control a severe internal hemorrhage."
American A rapid, damaging, and uncontrolled loss of valuable assets, resources, or personnel.
"The new tax incentives failed to stop the hemorrhage of manufacturing jobs from the region."
• verb
American To bleed profusely from a ruptured blood vessel.
"Without immediate medical intervention, the damaged artery could begin to hemorrhage."
American To lose or expend valuable resources, money, or support rapidly and uncontrollably.
"The struggling airline continued to hemorrhage cash throughout the third quarter."
Word Nuance & Usage
Spelled "hemorrhage" in American English and "haemorrhage" in British English.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Old French and Latin from the Ancient Greek haimorrhagia, a compound of haima ("blood") and rhēgnynai ("to burst forth").