hemorrhage
/ˈhem.ər.ɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhem.ɚ.ɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhe-mə-rij ˈhem-rij/ (ame, mw)
hemorrhage — noun
- hemorrhagesingular
- hemorrhagesplural
1. a serious medical event in which a damaged blood vessel releases a large amount
a serious medical event in which a damaged blood vessel releases a large amount of blood inside the body, often requiring urgent treatment to prevent death
The doctor said an internal hemorrhage after the car crash required emergency surgery.
internal hemorrhage + emergency surgery collocation
A severe hemorrhage during childbirth can kill a mother within minutes if left untreated.
CT scans showed a small brain hemorrhage that needed immediate medical attention.
The injured cyclist died from a massive hemorrhage before the ambulance arrived.
Nurses watched for signs of a stomach hemorrhage after the patient's fall.
- bleeding
everyday term for any blood loss, not limited to medical settings; 'hemorrhage' suggests greater severity
- blood loss
focuses on the volume of blood lost rather than the event itself; 'hemorrhage' names the medical condition
- haemorrhage
British spelling only; identical meaning
文法句型
have / suffer / die from + hemorrhage
a / an + ADJ + hemorrhage
用法筆記
Hemorrhage is the standard US spelling; the British spelling is haemorrhage. In everyday conversation, 'bleeding' is more common — hemorrhage is used mainly in medical contexts.
常見錯誤
hemorrhage — verb
- hemorrhagepresent simple I / you / we / they
- hemorrhages3rd person singular
- hemorrhaging-ing form
- hemorrhagedpast simple
1. to lose a large amount of blood from a damaged blood vessel inside the body, usu
to lose a large amount of blood from a damaged blood vessel inside the body, usually in a way that is dangerous and hard to control
The accident victim began to hemorrhage internally after the spleen was damaged.
hemorrhage internally — intransitive with adverb
Ms. Okonkwo hemorrhaged heavily during the surgery and needed a blood transfusion.
If a major artery is cut, a person can hemorrhage severely within just a few minutes.
The elderly man hemorrhaged from a burst ulcer in his stomach lining.
The night-shift surgeon worked quickly to stop the patient from hemorrhaging.
- bleed heavily
everyday phrasing for the same situation; 'hemorrhage' is the clinical term
- bleed out
informal and more extreme, implies dying from blood loss
- lose blood
neutral description of the process; less dramatic than 'hemorrhage'
文法句型
hemorrhage from [body part / injury]
hemorrhage [adverb: heavily / uncontrollably / internally]
用法筆記
Unlike everyday 'bleed,' hemorrhage is almost always used for internal, heavy, or clinical bleeding. The subject is typically a person, organ, or body part. This verb is rarely used in progressive tenses with simple present — the continuous form (is hemorrhaging) is much more common for active events.