hemorrhage

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

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

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Origin

  • From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία ("a violent bleeding"), from αἱμορραγής, from αἷμα + -ραγία, from ῥηγνύναι.

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