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hemorrhage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hem·or·rhage /ˈhemərɪdʒ/ noun [countable, uncountable]  x-refthe American spelling of haemorrhage haemorrhage的美式拼法
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hemorrhageElya would die of a hemorrhage.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.If there are none of the white blotches that mean hemorrhage, he begins an examination to diagnose stroke.The following points should be remembered when a diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage is being considered: 1.The pain of subarachnoid hemorrhage may localize in the posterior neck, or rarely in the lower back. 3.Subarachnoid hemorrhage may occur at any age, even among people in the sixth or seventh decade of life.
Origin hemorrhage (1400-1500) French hémorrhagie, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek, from haima (HEMO-) + -rrhagia bursting out, flow
hem·or·rhage nounChineseSyllable
the haemorrhage Corpus American of spelling


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hemorrhage
I
haemorrhage1 British English, hemorrhage American English /ˈhemərɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable and countable]
1. a serious medical condition in which a person bleeds a lot, sometimes inside their body:
    He died of a massive brain haemorrhage.
2. when a company or country loses a lot of money or people very quickly
    haemorrhage of
    a haemorrhage of jobs from the region

II
haemorrhage2 British English, hemorrhage American English verb
1. [intransitive] to lose a lot of blood in a very short time
2. [transitive] to lose a lot of something over a short period of time, such as money or jobs:
    The once prosperous town has hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs over the last 15 years.

III
hemorrhage /ˈhemərɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: hémorrhagie, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek, from haima (HEMO-) + -rrhagia 'bursting out, flow'
the American spelling of haemorrhage