Both Uses of
hemorrhage
in
Running in the Family
- Before he died there was a second bout of haemorrhaging—stomach this time.†
p. 196.4unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it hemorrhaging.
- But death was due to a cerebral haemorrhage.†
p. 196.5 *unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it hemorrhage.
Definitions:
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(1)
(hemorrhage) severe bleeding -- typically inside the body
or:
(figurative use) to describe any rapid loss -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Hemorrhage is also used figuratively as in: The company is hemorrhaging cash.