Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A heavy release of
blood within or from a body. - verb intransitive To
bleed copiously. - verb transitive, figuratively To
lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word haemorrhage.
Examples
-
It was usually a brain haemorrhage that got them in the end.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
-
Perhaps because of this, but also because of the devotion his mother showed as a trade union activist before her death from a brain haemorrhage, Larsson demanded very high standards of behaviour of himself and others.
Stieg Larsson, My Friend by Kurdo Baksi – review Rosie Swash 2010
-
It paints a portrait of the Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and then charts the tragic fallout from her death? courtesy of an alcohol-induced brain haemorrhage? at the age of 29.
Can 'fake' documentaries still tell the truth? Xan Brooks 2010
-
Record labels, movie studios, publishers and rights-management organizations have all emerged from the wreckage like an accident victim: shaken and scratched, but walking ably away, only to die of a brain haemorrhage an hour later.
Apple Will Listen to Universal’s Music Subscription Pitch - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
-
The obsessive artist: Tommy McHugh, 58, a divorced father of two from Liverpool, was a builder until he had a brain haemorrhage which almost killed him in 2001.
Bizarre Stories of People Whose Brains Have Rewired Themselves | Disinformation 2008
-
Obstetric haemorrhage is a new plague and while this is partly a valid choice for women it is also one forced on them by delayed adulthood.
Archive 2007-11-01 Newmania 2007
-
Obstetric haemorrhage is a new plague and while this is partly a valid choice for women it is also one forced on them by delayed adulthood.
Archive 2007-11-04 Newmania 2007
-
Obstetric haemorrhage is a new plague and while this is partly a valid choice for women it is also one forced on them by delayed adulthood.
“ Letting Down Future Generations “ Newmania 2007
-
Egan died last year of a brain haemorrhage and his wife Susan decided on a novel way of preserving his memory.
-
Amillia has experienced respiratory problems, a very mild brain haemorrhage and some digestive problems, but none of the health concerns are expected to pose long-term problems, her doctors said.
bilby commented on the word haemorrhage
"We tried to extend it from hands of death during eight hours. But at him was extensive haemorrhage in internal bodies and he has lost a lot of blood."
December 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word haemorrhage
There's a famous, posh hotel in New Zealand called The Hermitage, at the foot of Mt Cook on the South Island. I've heard it referred to as 'The Haemorrhage' due to the expensive prices for just about anything: they bleed you.
December 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word haemorrhage
I have always thought that the British spelling of this word looks more like what it is than the American spelling does. Eesh.
December 4, 2007