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Flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels
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hemorrhage
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A heavy release of blood within or from the body. n. A heavy release of blood within or from the body. vb. 1 (cx: intransitive) To bleed copiously. 2 (cx: transitive) To lose (something) in copious quantities.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Acute cerebellar hemorrhage or infarction often presents with vertigo and headache. ▪ Below her waist, the fabric of her smock filled with the black clots of her hemorrhage . ▪ Elya would die of a hemorrhage . ▪ If there are ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1882, from hemorrhage (n.). Related: Hemorrhaged ; hemorrhaging .\n\nSlang in Reports: B.I.D. for "Brought in Dead" and "Dotty" are, [Mr. Sidney Holland of London Hospital] considers, permissible expressions, but he draws the line at "fitting" and "hæmorrhaging." ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Hemorrhage (In My Hands) " is a song by the rock band Fuel , released as the first single from their second album Something Like Human . The song has surpassed " Shimmer " to be Fuel's biggest hit to date. The single was #1 for 12 weeks on the U.S. Modern ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels [syn: bleeding , haemorrhage ] v. lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood , bleed ]
Usage examples of hemorrhage.
Verduc details the history of two cases from the top of the head, and Kerokring cites three similar instances, one of which was associated with hemorrhage from the hand.
The coexistence of a floating kidney in this case may have been responsible for this hemorrhage, and in reading reports of so-called menstruation due consideration must be given to the existence of any other than menstrual derangement before we can accept the cases as true vicarious hemorrhage.
Until sufficient tubercular matter has been deposited in the lungs to alter the sounds observed on auscultation and percussion, a definite diagnosis of tubercular consumption cannot be made, even though there may have been hemorrhage.
So now your scurvy is still mild whereas the others are constantly hemorrhaging, their bowels diarrhetic, their eyes sore and rheumy, and their teeth lost or loose in their heads.
Some few developed pulmonary edema, pneumonia, or even cerebral hemorrhaging if they went higher.
Their lips moved, forming words, like bubbles, that floated off-- subdural hematoma, edema, intracerebral hemorrhage, lesions, seizures, coma.
Horstius, Fabricius Hildanus, and Schenck, all record instances of death from hemorrhage of the gums.
The principal symptoms were hemorrhage from the vagina and intense pain near the fractured rib, followed by emphysema.
Gallic acid, in doses of five grains every two or three hours, is often a valuable agent to arrest the hemorrhage, but opium in some form should be relied upon principally.
Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.
The bullet had nicked it, causing intraocular hemorrhage, the muzzle flash had seared it, and it was completely out of order.
It may be simple or associated with purulent leucorrhea and hemorrhage.
In these cases the lesions have consisted of detachment of the retina, optic atrophy, cataract, hemorrhages into the retina, and rupture of the choroid, paralysis of the oculomotor muscles, and paralysis of the optic nerve.
Depletion of the blood by drastic and poisonous medicines, such as antimony and mercurials, hemorrhages and blood-letting, syphilis, excessive mental or physical labor, as well as a too early use and abuse of the sexual organs, all tend to waste the blood, reduce the tone of the system, and develop scrofula.
By this means the blood-making organs rapidly improve in their activity and functions, the blood becomes rich in corpuscles and fibrin, thus strengthening the walls of the blood-vessels and tending to prevent a hemorrhage following undue excitement or injury.