hemorrhage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a heavy or uncontrolled loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel

   The surgical team acted quickly to stop the internal hemorrhage.

2. 2
   verb

   to lose a large amount of blood rapidly

   Without immediate treatment, the patient could hemorrhage internally.

3. 3
   noun

   a sudden and serious loss of money, people, or another valuable resource

   The company tried to halt its hemorrhage of experienced engineers.

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, formed from haima ("blood") and a word family meaning "burst or break." The figurative sense extends the idea of rapid blood loss to money, workers, or other resources. Haemorrhage is the usual British spelling.

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