hemorrhage.
A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
Meaning & usage
A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
A sudden or significant loss.
the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization
Where this word comes from
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 (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
To bleed copiously.
The patient is hemorrhaging!
To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
Where this word comes from
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 (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
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