French

Alternative forms

• hæmorragie (obsolete)
• hæmorrhagie (obsolete)

Noun

hémorragie f ‎(plural hémorragies)

1. haemorrhage

Derived terms

• hémorragique

Norman

Etymology

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία ‎(haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής ‎(haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα ‎(haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία ‎(-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι ‎(rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”).

Noun

hémorragie f ‎(plural hémorragies)

1. (Jersey, pathology) haemorrhage