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Definition of: hemorrhage
(hem′ər·ij, hem′rij) noun
Discharge of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
—v.i. hem·or·rhaged, hem·or·rhag·ing To bleed copiously. Also spelled haemorrhage. [<L haemorrhagia <Gk. haimorrhagia <haima blood + -rhagia <rhēgnynai burst]
—hem·or·rhag·ic (hem′ə·raj′ik) adjective
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