Relating to or characterized by excessive bleeding or blood loss.
From Greek 'haima' (blood) + 'rhegnynai' (to break or burst), combined with the adjective suffix '-ic'; medical term from the 1800s.
Hemorrhagic fever diseases like Ebola are so deadly because they literally make your blood vessels rupture—the name perfectly describes the catastrophic mechanism that makes them so dangerous.
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