Found 2 items, similar to hemorrhage.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hemorrhage
hemorrhage
n : flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels [syn:
bleeding,
haemorrhage]
v : lose blood from one's body [syn:
shed blood,
bleed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage
\Hem"or*rhage\, n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr.
a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf.
F. h['e]morragie, h['e]morrhagie.] (Med.)
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the
rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
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