hemorrhaging

Variant of hemorrhage

hemorrhage definition

hem·or·rhage (hem′ər ij′, hem′rij′)

noun

the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding

Etymology: Fr hémorrhagie < L haemorrhagia < Gr haimorrhagia < haima, blood (see hemo-) + base of rhēgnynai, to break, burst

intransitive verb hemorrhaged -·rhaged′, hemorrhaging -·rhag′·ing

to have a hemorrhage

Related Forms:

  • hemorrhagic hem′·or·rhag′ic (-ər aj′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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