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  • 11haemorrhage — [[t]he̱mərɪʤ[/t]] haemorrhages, haemorrhaging, haemorrhaged (in AM, use hemorrhage) 1) N VAR A haemorrhage is serious bleeding inside a person s body. Shortly after his admission into hospital he had a massive brain haemorrhage and died... These… …

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  • 12haemorrhage — (BrE) (AmE hemorrhage) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ massive, severe ▪ fatal ▪ recurrent ▪ acute ▪ …

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  • 13haemorrhage — hae|mor|rhage1 BrE hemorrhage AmE [ˈhemərıdʒ] n [U and C] 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… …

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  • 14haemorrhage — I UK [ˈhem(ə)rɪdʒ] / US [ˈhemərɪdʒ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms haemorrhage : singular haemorrhage plural haemorrhages medical an occasion when blood flows out of an injured organ inside someone s body, rather than out of their body… …

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  • 15haemorrhage — [17] Haemorrhage means literally a ‘bursting forth of blood’. It comes ultimately from Greek haimorrhagíā, a compound formed from Greek haima ‘blood’ and an element derived from the same source as the verb rhēgnúnai ‘break, burst’. Haima, a word… …

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  • 16haemorrhage — [ hɛmərɪdʒ] (US hemorrhage) noun 1》 an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel. 2》 a damaging loss of something valuable: a haemorrhage of highly qualified teachers. verb 1》 suffer a haemorrhage. 2》 lose or expend large amounts of… …

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  • 17haemorrhage — [17] Haemorrhage means literally a ‘bursting forth of blood’. It comes ultimately from Greek haimorrhagíā, a compound formed from Greek haima ‘blood’ and an element derived from the same source as the verb rhēgnúnai ‘break, burst’. Haima, a word… …

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  • 18haemorrhage — 1. noun /ˈhɛmərɪdʒ/ A heavy release of blood within or from a body. We got news that he died of a haemorrhage! Syn: bleed, bleeding 2. verb /ˈhɛmərɪdʒ/ a) To …

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  • 19haemorrhage — 1 BrE hemorrhage AmE noun (C, U) a serious medical condition in which a person bleeds a lot, often inside the body 2 BrE hemorrhage AmE verb (I) to have a haemorrhage …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20haemorrhage — n. & v. (US hemorrhage) n. 1 an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, esp. when profuse. 2 an extensive damaging loss suffered by a State. organization, etc., esp. of people or assets. v.intr. undergo a haemorrhage. Derivatives:… …

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