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HEMORRHAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Synonyms:

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hemorrhage" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemorrhage"):

haemorrhagic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke (stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain)

cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain)

blood extravasation (the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions)

hyphema (bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye)

metrorrhagia (bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer))

epistaxis; nosebleed (bleeding from the nose)

ulemorrhagia (bleeding of the gums)

Derivation:

hemorrhage (lose blood from one's body)

hemorrhagic (of or relating to a hemorrhage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose blood from one's body

Synonyms:

bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "hemorrhage" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hemorrhage"):

flow; menstruate (undergo menstruation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

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 Context examples: 

Painless hemorrhage in the last trimester, particularly during the eighth month, is the most common symptom.

(Placenta Previa, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

These important molecules released from platelets are key regulators of hemostasis, the physiologic arrest of hemorrhage at site of vascular leakage.

(Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A rare, potentially life-threatening disorder caused by acute ischemic infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland.

(Pituitary Gland Apoplexy, NCI Thesaurus)

Intracranial hemorrhage that occurs in the perinatal period.

(Perinatal Intracranial Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus)

A subependymal hemorrhage that involves the cerebral hemispheres and ventricles and occurs in the perinatal period.

(Perinatal Subependymal Hemorrhage with Intraventricular and Intracerebral Extension, NCI Thesaurus)

It is seen in pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, pneumonia, carcinoma, and lymphoid malignancies.

(Bat Wing Pulmonary Opacities, NCI Thesaurus)

A subperiosteal hemorrhage limited to the surface of one cranial bone.

(Cephalhematoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminocaproic acid is used in the treatment of hemorrhage and prophylactically against hemorrhage, including hyperfibrinolysis-induced hemorrhage and postsurgical hemorrhage.

(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Hemorrhage and necrosis of the adrenal gland tissue.

(Adrenal Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus)

IL-27 levels were elevated in the brain and blood of the mice an hour after hemorrhages and stayed high for three days, peaking at 24 hours later.

(Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes, National Institutes of Health)