haemorrhage

Meanings

Noun

• A heavy release of blood within or from a body.
• A sudden or significant loss

Verb

• To bleed copiously.
• To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.

Related

Similar words

• bleed
• bleeding
• hæmorrhœa
• hæmatorrhœa

Origin

• From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία, from αἱμορραγής, from αἷμα + -ραγία, from ῥηγνύναι.