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Definition of Haemorrhage

1. Noun. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

Definition of Haemorrhage

1. Noun. (pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To bleed copiously. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Haemorrhage

1. The escape of blood from the vessels, bleeding. Small haemorrhages are classified according to size as petechiae (very small), purpura (up to 1 cm) and ecchymoses (larger). The massive accumulation of blood within a tissue is called a haematoma. Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst forth This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Haemorrhage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"In the non-traumatic cases the haemorrhage may either come on suddenly or after ... The clinical picture naturally varies with the site of the haemorrhage. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1877)
"The haemorrhage in profuseness depends upon the force of constriction and the ... Esmarch himself admits that there is considerable capillary haemorrhage ..."

3. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"He was speaking of a haemorrhage whicn occurred whilst he was attempting to insert a cánula. ing the larynx, supplanting the operation in many bistoury, ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"SHAW, WF Accidental haemorrhage with free blood in the haemorrhage, with remarks on a ... Caesarean section and hysterectomy for accidental haemorrhage. ..."

5. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1873)
"To what changes then must we look for an explanation of cerebral haemorrhage? To appreciable changes in the structure of the vessels of the brain, ..."

6. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1901)
"In only a few cases has paraplegia been seen after a great general loss of blood, as after metrorrhagia or intestinal haemorrhage. ..."

7. Diseases of the Eye by Lawrance Webster Fox (1904)
"The haemorrhage may be either deep or superficial; it may be produced by a traumatism, such as a blow, or a wound involving the sclerotic and ..."

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