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hemorrhage

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Etymology

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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 (rhḗgnūmi) for more.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
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Noun

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hemorrhage (countable and uncountable, plural hemorrhages) (American spelling)

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

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Verb

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hemorrhage (third-person singular simple present hemorrhages, present participle hemorrhaging, simple past and past participle hemorrhaged) (American spelling)

  1. (intransitive) To bleed copiously.
    He's hemorrhaging!
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
    The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
    • 2024 May 3, Scott Peterson, “Iran’s official line on exchange with Israel: Deterrence restored”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
      “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.”

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