hemorrhage

C1 Topic:General Vocabulary

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.

Verb forms

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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

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Phrases (1)

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cerebral hemorrhage
bleeding within the brain caused by a broken blood vessel

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

General Vocabulary

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# 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
- General Vocabulary

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