hemorrhage

/'heməridʤ/ Cách viết khác : (hemorrhage) /'heməridʤ/
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hemorrhage

A patient is being treated for a severe internal hemorrhage.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel: A medical term for bleeding, especially when it is severe or occurs internally.
    • A significant loss or outflow: Used figuratively to describe a rapid and substantial loss of something valuable, such as money or personnel.

  2. Verb:

    • To bleed profusely: To lose blood from the body due to injury or illness.
    • To lose something valuable in large quantities: To experience a rapid and substantial depletion of resources, such as money, talent, or members.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The patient was admitted to the hospital due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
    • The company is trying to stop the financial hemorrhage caused by the failed project.

  • Verb:

    • The soldier was hemorrhaging from a wound to his leg.
    • The team has been hemorrhaging talent to its competitors for the last two years.
Advanced Usage

  • "To hemorrhage cash/money": To spend or lose money at a very fast and unsustainable rate.

    • The startup began to hemorrhage cash after its main investor pulled out.

  • "To stem the hemorrhage": To stop or slow down a severe loss.

    • The new CEO's priority is to stem the hemorrhage of experienced staff.
Variants and Related Words

  • Hemorrhagic (adj): Relating to or involving hemorrhage.

    • Hemorrhagic fever is a serious illness.

  • Hemorrhaging (v, gerund/noun): The process or instance of bleeding or losing something rapidly.

    • The hemorrhaging of jobs from the manufacturing sector is a major concern.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Bleeding, haemorrhage (UK spelling), blood loss, outflow.
  • Verb: Bleed, lose heavily, gush, drain.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Hemorrhage" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The verb is typically used transitively or intransitively as shown in the examples.)

Related Idioms
  • "Bleeding [something] dry": This idiom is conceptually similar to the figurative use of "hemorrhage," meaning to drain something of all its resources.
    • The legal fees are bleeding the company dry. (Compare to: The company is hemorrhaging money due to legal fees.)
hemorrhage

A patient is being treated for a severe internal hemorrhage.

Noun
  1. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Verb
  1. lose blood from one's body

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