HEMORRHAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (HEM-uhr-ij, HEM-rij)

MEANING: noun: 1. A severe or uncontrollable loss of blood.
2. A rapid and significant loss of assets.
verb intr.: To bleed copiously.
verb tr.: To lose assets rapidly and in large amounts.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima (blood) + rhegnunai (to burst). Earliest documented use: 1671.
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