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English Dictionary: Hemorrhage by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemorrhage
n
  1. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel [syn: bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage]
v
  1. lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemorrhage \Hem"or*rhage\, n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr.
      a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf.
      F. h[82]morragie, h[82]morrhagie.] (Med.)
      Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
  
      Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the
               rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
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