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# haemorrhage

«haemorrhage» in Mova's school dictionary: **A lot of bleeding from a broken blood vessel, inside or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a haemorrhage, haemorrhages); verb (haemorrhage, haemorrhages, haemorrhaged, haemorrhaging); US hemorrhage

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) A lot of bleeding from a broken blood vessel, inside or outside the body; a serious emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#m1)

2) (verb) To bleed heavily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#m2)

3) (informal, money) To lose a lot of something very fast: the club is haemorrhaging money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and first-aid lessons a haemorrhage means serious bleeding: call 999 / 911 / 000 / 112 and press on the wound. In news, a brain haemorrhage is a kind of stroke. In business news it describes losing money or people quickly. Phrases: brain haemorrhage, internal haemorrhage, haemorrhaging money.

### examples

- The footballer was rushed to hospital with an internal haemorrhage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x1)
- A brain haemorrhage is a medical emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x2)
- Press firmly on a wound to slow a haemorrhage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x3)
- The shop was haemorrhaging money and had to close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x4)
- Doctors stopped the haemorrhage during the operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x5)
- The team was haemorrhaging players to bigger clubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/#x6)

### note

Hard spelling: h-a-e-m-o-r-r-h-a-g-e (UK) or h-e-m-o-r-r-h-a-g-e (US): double r, then h. Pronounced HEM-uh-rij. Safety: heavy bleeding always needs an adult and emergency help.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haemorrhage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.