Definition of Hemorrhage

1. Verb. Lose blood from one's body. "Did his feet hemorrhage?"

Exact synonyms: Bleed, Shed Blood
Specialized synonyms: Flow, Menstruate
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Eject, Exhaust, Expel, Release
Derivative terms: Bleeder, Bleeding

2. Noun. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
Exact synonyms: Bleeding, Haemorrhage
Generic synonyms: Harm, Hurt, Injury, Trauma
Specialized synonyms: Haemorrhagic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Blood Extravasation, Hyphema, Metrorrhagia, Epistaxis, Nosebleed, Ulemorrhagia
Derivative terms: Bleed, Haemorrhagic, Hemorrhagic

Definition of Hemorrhage

1. n. Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

Definition of Hemorrhage

1. Noun. (American spelling) (alternative spelling of haemorrhage) ¹

2. Verb. (American spelling) (alternative spelling of haemorrhage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hemorrhage

1. [v -RHAGED, -RHAGING, -RHAGES]

Medical Definition of Hemorrhage

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemorrhage

hemophiliacs
hemophilias
hemophilic
hemophilics
hemophobia
hemophobias
hemopoieses
hemopoiesis
hemopoietic
hemoprotein
hemoproteins
hemoptyses
hemoptysis
hemorheology
hemorrhage (current term)
hemorrhaged
hemorrhages
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic cyst
hemorrhagic fever
hemorrhagic septicemia
hemorrhagic stroke
hemorrhagically
hemorrhaging
hemorrhoid
hemorrhoidal
hemorrhoidal vein
hemorrhoidals
hemorrhoidectomies

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