hemorrhage

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine

Also spelled hæmorrhage

US /ˈhɛm.ɚ.ɪdʒ/ UK /ˈhɛm.ər.ɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #17495

Meanings

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

verb
to lose a large amount of blood rapidly

Without immediate treatment, the patient could hemorrhage internally.
3

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

The company tried to halt its hemorrhage of experienced engineers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a heavy or uncontrolled... severe bleedingblood loss

2 verb · to lose a large amount of... bleed heavily

3 noun · a sudden and serious loss... drainheavy loss

More bleeding

Opposites

retention gain

Word family

Derived forms hemorrhagicmicrohemorrhagemacrohemorrhage

Related forms haemorrhagehematologyhematoma

Common collocations

cerebral hemorrhage Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

Topics

Health & Medicine

External links

# hemorrhage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɛm.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɛm.ər.ɪdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 17495

## Meanings
1. a heavy or uncontrolled loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel
2. to lose a large amount of blood rapidly
3. a sudden and serious loss of money, people, or another valuable resource

## Examples
- The surgical team acted quickly to stop the internal hemorrhage.
- Without immediate treatment, the patient could hemorrhage internally.
- The company tried to halt its hemorrhage of experienced engineers.

## Synonyms
- bleeding
- blood loss
- drain
- heavy loss

## Antonyms
- retention
- gain

## Derived Forms
- hemorrhagic
- microhemorrhage
- macrohemorrhage

## Related Forms
- haemorrhage
- hematology
- hematoma

## Etymology
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.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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