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Word: Haemorrhage
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century (as a noun): alteration of obsolete haemorrhagy, via Latin from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima ‘blood’ + the stem of rhēgnunai ‘burst’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛm(ə)rɪdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Short Definition:escape of blood from ruptured vessel
Examples:- a massive haemorrhage of the brain
Variant Forms:
- hemorrhage
Word: Haemorrhage
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛm(ə)rɪdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person) suffer a haemorrhage
Short Definition:suffer haemorrhage
Examples:- he had begun haemorrhaging in the night
Variant Forms:
- hemorrhage
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