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Haemorrhage

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Noun

  1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

Synonyms

  • bleeding

See also

  • Wikipedia entry on haemorrhage

Translations

  • Chinese: 出血
  • Czech: vnitřní krvácení n
  • French: hémorragie f
  • German: Blutung f
  • Italian: emorragia
  • Japanese: 出血
  • Korean: 출혈 (chulhyeol)
  • Norwegian: blødning c
  • Polish: krwotok , m krwawienie n
  • Portuguese: hemorragia f
  • Russian: кровоизлияние
  • Slovak: vnútorné krvácanie n
  • Spanish: hemorragia f

Intransitive verb

  1. To bleed copiously.


Transitive verb

  1. To lose in copious quantities.
    The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
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