Hemorrhage

/ˈhɛmərɪdʒ/ noun

Definition

A hemorrhage is heavy or uncontrolled bleeding, either inside the body or outside it. It can be dangerous if a lot of blood is lost quickly.

Etymology

From Greek “haima” meaning “blood” and “rhēgnynai” meaning “to burst forth.” Through Latin and French, it came to mean a sudden bursting of blood.

Kelly Says

Doctors also use “hemorrhage” as a metaphor for rapid loss, like a company “hemorrhaging money.” The scary part of an internal hemorrhage is that you might not see any blood on the outside at all. Your body can be in serious trouble long before anything looks wrong to the eye.

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