Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels; profuse bleeding.
- noun A copious loss of something valuable.
- intransitive verb To bleed copiously.
- intransitive verb To undergo a rapid and sudden loss.
- intransitive verb To lose (something valuable) rapidly and in quantity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A discharge of blood from blood-vessels: usually applied to flux, either external or internal, from a vessel or vessels ruptured by disease or by a wound, and constituting, when considerable and unchecked, an immediate danger to life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun American Alternative spelling of
haemorrhage . - verb American Alternative spelling of
haemorrhage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- verb lose blood from one's body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now, Johnson, a 61-year-old Democrat who battled back from a December 2006 brain hemorrhage, is running for re-election in a GOP-dominated state where President Bush won 60% of the vote in 2000 and 2004. 50
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According to UsMagazine. com, Tish and rocker Bret Michaels (yes, the one with the brain hemorrhage and sketchy Billboard cover) were involved in an "on-the-sly romance" that began in February when Michaels and Cyrus released the duet "Nothing to Lose."
Rumor Mill: Miley Cyrus's mom had an affair with Bret Michaels Liz Kelly 2010
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How medics respond to that condition is the second big innovation in hemorrhage care.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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Michaels: If before the brain hemorrhage I was 100 percent, then I'd say I'm running at 75 to 80 percent now.
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How medics respond to that condition is the second big innovation in hemorrhage care.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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Dad had a brain hemorrhage due to the head injury he had sustained and as a result, was in coma for several days.
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Children's Hospital doctors, working with The Technology Dependence Center (TDC) team, diagnosed Connor with multiple medical problems, including an airway that was prone to collapse, underdeveloped lungs, a seizure disorder, severe gastric reflux, bilateral brain hemorrhage and developmental delays.
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How medics respond to that condition is the second big innovation in hemorrhage care.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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Five days later, it was discovered that he had a brain hemorrhage and will no longer be able to bobsled.
Fast lane: Holcomb clinches World Cup title with sick crew 2010
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How medics respond to that condition is the second big innovation in hemorrhage care.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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"Dont give yourself a brain hemorrhage, Jacob, I would have told him." Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer page4
October 4, 2010