Etymology

hemorrhage

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Today it means: A heavy release of blood within or from the body. Full definition →

Latin haemorrhagia ← Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαἱμορραγία“a violent bleeding”
  2. Latin · derived fromhaemorrhagia
  3. English todayhemorrhage

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.

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