Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hemorrhage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hemorrhage \Hem"or*rhage\, n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr.
a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf.
F. h['e]morragie, h['e]morrhagie.] (Med.)
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the
rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hemorrhage
n : flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels [syn: {bleeding},
{haemorrhage}]
v : lose blood from one's body [syn: {shed blood}, {bleed}]

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