hemorrhage

Other spellings

• (UK) haemorrhage

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈhɛmərɪd͡ʒ/ or /ˈhɛmrɪd͡ʒ/

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• Hyphenation: hem‧or‧rhage

Noun

Singular hemorrhage

Plural hemorrhages

1. (countable & uncountable) Hemorrhage is the heavy loss of blood from a person's body.
2. (countable & uncountable) (figurative) A hemorrhage is the sudden loss of something.

Verb

Plain form hemorrhage

Third-person singular hemorrhages

Past tense hemorrhaged

Past participle hemorrhaged

Present participle hemorrhaging

1. (intransitive) When a person hemorrhages, they bleed a lot
2. (transitive) (figurative) When A hemorrhaged B, A loses a lot of B.