English

Alternative forms

• hemorrhage (North American)
• hæmorrhage (obsolete)

Noun

haemorrhage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural haemorrhages)

1. (British, pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.

   We got news that he died of a haemorrhage!

2. (figuratively) A sudden or significant loss
   • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)

     Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.

Synonyms

• bleed
• bleeding
• hæmorrhœa
• hæmatorrhœa

Related terms

• haemorrhagic

Translations

Verb

haemorrhage ‎(third-person singular simple present haemorrhages, present participle haemorrhaging, simple past and past participle haemorrhaged)

1. (British, intransitive) To bleed copiously.

   It’s haemorrhaging now!

2. (transitive, figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.

   The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.