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hemorrhage

Syllabification: (hem·or·rhage)

Pronunciation: /ˈhem(ə)rij/

(British haemorrhage)

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Definition of hemorrhage

noun

an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse.
a damaging loss of valuable people or resources suffered by an organization, group, or country:a hemorrhage of highly qualified teachers

verb

[no object]

(of a person) suffer a hemorrhage:he had begun hemorrhaging in the night
[with object] expend (money) in large amounts in a seemingly uncontrollable manner:the business was hemorrhaging cash

Origin:

late 17th century (as a noun): alteration of obsolete hemorrhagy, via Latin haemorrhagia from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima 'blood' + the stem of rhēgnunai 'burst'

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Spell hemorrhage with a double r, then an h. Other words that begin with hem- (from Greek haima 'blood') are hemophilia and hemorrhoid.

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