noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Examples
We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A sudden or significant loss
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To bleed copiously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, intransitive
Examples
The patient is hemorrhaging!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, figuratively, transitive
Examples
The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نَزِيف
(nazīf)
— release of blood; bleeding
Arabic:
نَزْف
(nazf)
— release of blood; bleeding
Armenian:
արյունահոսություն
(aryunahosutʻyun)
— release of blood; bleeding
Bulgarian:
кръвоизлив
(krǎvoizliv)
— release of blood; bleeding
Catalan:
hemorràgia
— release of blood; bleeding
Chinese Mandarin:
出血
(chūxuè, chūxiě)
— release of blood; bleeding
Czech:
krvácení
— release of blood; bleeding
Czech:
hemoragie
— release of blood; bleeding
Dutch:
bloeding
— release of blood; bleeding
Esperanto:
hemoragio
— release of blood; bleeding
Finnish:
verenvuoto
— release of blood; bleeding
French:
hémorragie
— release of blood; bleeding
Galician:
hemorraxia
— release of blood; bleeding
German:
Blutung
— release of blood; bleeding
Greek:
αιμορραγία
(aimorragía)
— release of blood; bleeding
Ancient Greek:
αἱμορραγία
(haimorrhagía)
— release of blood; bleeding
Ancient Greek:
αἱμόρροια
(haimórrhoia)
— release of blood; bleeding
Ancient Greek:
αἱματόρροια
(haimatórrhoia)
— release of blood; bleeding
Hindi:
रक्तस्राव
(raktasrāv)
— release of blood; bleeding
Ido:
hemoragio
— release of blood; bleeding
Indonesian:
perdarahan
— release of blood; bleeding
Italian:
emorragia
— release of blood; bleeding
Japanese:
出血
(shukketsu)
— release of blood; bleeding
Kazakh:
қан құйылу
(qan qūiylu)
— release of blood; bleeding
Khmer:
ការធ្លាក់ឈាម
(kaathlĕəkchiəm)
— release of blood; bleeding
Korean:
출혈
(chulhyeol)
— release of blood; bleeding
Malay:
pendarahan
— release of blood; bleeding
Malayalam:
രക്തസ്രാവം
(raktasrāvaṁ)
— release of blood; bleeding
Māori:
ikura
— release of blood; bleeding
Mirandese:
almorragie
— release of blood; bleeding
Mongolian:
цус алдах
(cus aldax)
— release of blood; bleeding
Mongolian:
цус харвах
(cus xarvax)
— release of blood; bleeding
Norman:
hémorragie
— release of blood; bleeding
Norwegian:
blødning
— release of blood; bleeding
Occitan:
emorragia
— release of blood; bleeding
Polish:
krwotok
— release of blood; bleeding
Polish:
krwawienie
— release of blood; bleeding
Portuguese:
hemorragia
— release of blood; bleeding
Russian:
кровоизлия́ние
(krovoizlijánije)
— release of blood; bleeding
Russian:
кровотече́ние
(krovotečénije)
— release of blood; bleeding
Russian:
геморраги́я
(gemorragíja)
— release of blood; bleeding
Slovak:
vnútorné krvácanie
— release of blood; bleeding